One day I placed my MP3 player next to me and started listening to some music. As I closed my eyes, the sun was tingling on my skin and I took a trip into the waves of music. A few minutes later, I heard someone saying, "that's a nice piece..." I opened my eyes and said, "Sorry?" To my surprise it was a homeless person eating a sandwich. He said: "Moonlight Sonata, that's one of my favorite pieces"
"I had no idea my headphones were that loud," I replied.
He said, "No, no, no! I saw it when it came up on your playlist. These days I don't see many young people listening to classical music."
He went on talking about the topic. He had all my attention, at that point. He told me about the time he played for a very well known theater in NY, as he pulled an old photo album from a plastic bag. "May I show you something?" he asked. "Why of course," I said. As soon as he opened the first page, I recognized him.
"That's you!" I said.
He smiled as he showed me many pictures of himself
He never said... I never asked... Politely, he got up and thanked me for the chat and vanished among a group of tourists into Central Park.
~Juan Errante
Gracias, thank you. Central Park is an amazing place in many ways. Have you seen the huge tree that looks like a standing bear with a spear in his breast? Or the stone and the tree bending so much they kiss each other ? One night, after rain finaly stopped, I strolled to the lake, just with my keys in the pocket, no document, no spray, no weapon, no cell phone, lol.... when I felt two eyes watching me closely from a bush... mama racoon thought I was a safe one and let her 3 lil ones just few steps past me to play on the meadow before crawling up the tree :-)
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