A Sunday Walk

Down at Lexington Market stepping over the people sleeping in doorways and their possessions past the Maggie Magee’s and the new Starbucks to buy the Sunday New York Times at the 7 Elevan telling the panhandler that no I don’t have a day pass that I am not using. After waiting on line with those buying their lottery tickets, heading east along Baltimore Street empty except for the people trying to leave via the buses that all seem to stop in front of the Baltimore Arena.

Over to Pratt where black faces turn white and the city is populated with tourists along Pratt looking for a place to eat before the Inner Harbour – shops open, ESPN zone hopping – give a pass and walk through the empty twisting streets between Pratt and Baltimore until I get to The Block now one block smaller – 2 O’Clock Club, The Hustler, and “newsstands”.

Walk around the Baltimore Police headquarters that now anchors the east side of The Block and overlooks the square where the homeless have set up permanent residence.
Believe.