102018   102021

The painter at the office park where I work
fifty years old with long gray hair
physically older
chatted with his partner while painting
repainting a wall an executive didn’t like the color of
   My parents abandoned me when I was a kid
   I remember thinking
   how will I stay alive
it teaches you about life I’ll say that
it teaches you about life when you’re a kid.

Chatting with Marc residing our house
his dad deserted when he was 1 and a half
his grandparents adopted them
now he has grandkids
   Who
he said
   who would ever think of abandoning them.