I bet he thought no one saw him.
He snuck into the garage at 12 midnight every night, pushing the door just high enough to roll under.
I suppose he slept in our van, because once I found a cigarette in the ashtray in the back seat.
Every morning at 6, just as the sky was beginning to lighten, he would creep back out, slowly letting the garage door shut behind him. Once he took 5 minutes to close it, when the neighbors' dog had started barking.
Once the door was shut he would jog down my driveway, his backpack bouncing up and down, but every night he would be back. He always came back.
I bet he thought that no one saw him.
But I did.
sounds creepy, but benign. I like it. Have you seen 'Pay it Forward'? there was a guy like that in there. He fixed the car too.
ReplyDeletenever watch 'pay it forward.' children get stabbed. that is not a joke.
ReplyDeletei actually thought sort of the opposite -- i find the whole thing quirky and cute. it reads like a novel opener. it's really cool :)
thank you for finally posting something real.
I want a hobo sleeping in my garage. I'm insanely jealous of this anonymous narrator.
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