I stop off at the 821 for some coffee on the way and run into Awesome Dude. He’s wearing what looks like Les’s parka, which probably weighs about as much as he does and pretty much swallows him. Awesome hasn’t gained an ounce, I don’t think, since the first time I saw him more than twenty-five years ago. Maybe I can make my next (and first) million writing a diet book. The Homeless Diet: How sleeping outdoors, eating in soup kitchens and drinking at least thirty-two ounces of cheap red wine a day can help you keep your youthful figure, if not your teeth. Strangely, not even living mostly indoors at Peggy’s, sleeping in a reasonably soft bed in the English basement and eating two or three times a day has changed that. “Dude!” he says. “What brings you out today?” “I might ast you the same thing,” he grins, showing off his lovely gums, interspersed with the odd tooth. Awesome still likes the street, even on a day like this, although he doesn’t turn down a roof over his head, either.
What do You think about The Philadelphia Quarry (2013)?
