Just not right –

OK, if only you could see my visions that way that I do! My oh my.

I’m parking near a place I am going to drop off a cover letter and resume. For some unknown reason I feel the personal approach is better than the impersonal US postal service method. (They were out to lunch and it went into mail slot anyway.)

The place I am parking is also a well know waiting spot for day laborers. As I am doing my usually fantastic and worth remarking on parallel park job I feel a scary affinity for these guys. Holy crap, in a few days I will be one of them. I wonder if they will like me or kick my ass for “being on their corner” No idea if they have hooker mentality of not.

Then, out of nowhere, for absolutely no good reason I have a this idea. It was a little later in the morning so the healthy looking or regular hard working guys had all been picked up already. Not exactly the pick of litter still standing around. BUT – not relevant. (I may go to hell for this)

As I closed the car door, took a deep breath and tried to put on my confident you want to hire me face, I saw in front of me, a group of Hispanic men (not profiling, just the way it is here) some sitting, some standing and some leaning. Suddenly, in my mind,I began to arrange them into a LIVING NATIVITY SCENE!. Complete, Joseph, Mary, the Magi, the animals and there was even a little guy I cast as the baby Jesus. (May have been his name!)

I’m just seeing this all so clear, like moving toy soldiers or dolls, just placing one here then there then back again. Not a Joseph, more an ass for you. Ah yes, Mary, your are my Mary. I have no idea how long I stood there but it was fun and cracking me up.

Helped take the edge off of finding the door locked, coming back to the car and seeing my own little version of things.

Yea, probably not showing the respect those men deserve or to my religion either. But it just popped into my head! Like the Stay Puff Marsh-mellow Man in Ghostbusters. I don’t know why. I don’t know why I ran with it. I really don’t know why I am telling you.

I am sure, without a doubt, it was so much better in my head than it will be in yours.

Merry Christmas –

Ant-Knee

PS – I know, not historical accurate but, my visions never are