#4

Leftovers

~Written by Margo Mallar~

~Edited by Erik Neilson~

Day 1

A bare-chested jogger holding a shirt in his hand ran in front of the rusty globe at the intersection of Franklin Arterial and Commercial Street.

Someone wearing a red lobster suit shuffled back and forth on the sidewalk on Commercial Street, occasionally waving in the general direction of people walking nearby.

A man in a white shirt put a bag in the backseat of an SUV near the entrance to a hotel.

A man walking a black lab spoke to another man pushing a child in a jogging stroller. Both men were wearing shorts.

2 pigeons and a gull were walking in the parking lot near Standard Baking Company, which was selling day-old Challah bread for $3 a loaf.

Day 2

A cop car on Congress Street flashed its lights, and then turned left onto Franklin Arterial.

Irish IRA was written in black spray paint on a dark yellow house at 28 Hampshire Street. The house next door had a “For Sale” sign from Sullivan Family Realty in the window.

An orange 3-speed bike was locked to a lamppost on Fore Street.

An African woman wearing a grey head covering walked past a sign on Park Avenue that said “Farmer's Market Today.”

A single container of Miyake Seafood Yakisoba cost 4.75 at the West End Deli.

Day 3

A white car with the license plate "MR LUNT" was parked on Moody Street.

The Portland Press Herald box at the corner of Moody and Munjoy was empty.

The Angela Adams vitrine on Congress at India had a display of umbrellas.

A bus without passengers crossed Franklin Arterial and headed up Congress Street toward the Eastern Prom.

A man in a jean jacket stopped to light a cigarette near Antoine's Formal Wear.

A TDBanknorth sign read 55 degrees.

A woman in a tan jacket reached up with her right hand to catch a key that was dropped to her from someone in a second floor window.

Day old ham and cheese croissants were half-price at Rosemont Market on Brighton Ave.