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it was getting to be too easy and thus i became sloppy.

out to the oak park austin district border to do a ding dong ditch between meetings. i was wary as buddy was on sabbatical and could possibly be at home. normal urban residential street no one was out made some snaps of lawn ornaments and the most useless gate that i have ever encountered.

closing in on the house i checked to see if i saw any movement in the windows. all the blinds were drawn. before turning up the walkway i looked to see if there was a light on in the hallway, didn't much care for the full glass door but since it was dark behind it i reckoned that i was safe. besides people are rarely in the hallways.

tried not to make too much noise climbing the wooden steps to the porch, i fear the vibration more than the noise. placed the two packages - a tube and a book - on the bench so that it would be hidden from the house, then thinking that no one was home and being austin district - i made an arrangement on the opposite side of the bench that was invisible from the street. walking more rapidly now i headed down the steps and toward the green line cta stop. passing the driveway i saw a parked machine - a saab of course.

then i got greedy, more daring, four houses away i decided to head back and make a snap with the digital camera of me in front of the house the way that minnesota flats would have done it.

made one and wasn't pleased so made another it was fine. back near a computer i would send a jpeg to his email account.

back to where i had been when i had decided to take the snap i heard my name being called out.

'i'm not him.' but a bought of proper manners came over me and i went back to make small talk before racing toward the train while replaying what it had gone wrong.