he had Batman socks and multicolored bracelets he said time didn’t exist and people are fragile he gave out pink flowers and talked about pink flamingos we shared a sandwich and hugged we said nice to meet you and shook hands he was warm and kind and peaceful his talking topics were like stones skipped across a heavy pond I was a dragonfly investigating ripples he was silent for long intervals, head bobbing up and down, as he pondered things I said he made a metal dinosaur skeleton bracelet do a little dance