strange events

[Alan Sondheim]

strange events

yesterday on the bus to pennsylvania we stopped in a small town and a
woman on the bus said that a man had been threatening her and he
masturbated in front of her. we were immediately surrounded by four police
cars and asked to leave the bus. the man hid in the toilet but was
apprehended and removed. then the woman gave a deposition and we waited.
then we left and he was taken into custody and the police said he had just
'got out of court.'

about thirty miles down the road i was looking out the window and the road
dropped precipitously to a creek. there were five or six formally dressed
people standing in a row by the near side of the creek facing the highway.
they were looking up. i saw a man leap from a highway sign about seventy
feet above the creek. the sign was over dry ground. the man was fully
dressed and there was no safety net or bungee cord. as the bus was moving,
i did not see him hit the ground.

this morning in the small town my father lives in, there were four rare
hawks in the backyard. this was the first time hawks had ever come here. i
cannot identify them since they seem like broad-winged hawks but are much
larger with white feathers over the feet. four of them together was a rare
sight.

earlier we watched a group of wasps carry a group of paralyzed
caterpillars to their nests. later, there were fireflies all blinking in
unison, and i knew that the philadelphia species had come north.

around the same time, i photographed on the south mountain where the
anthracite mine fire has burned for one hundred and one years beneath the
surface. when i was there a month ago, i photographed thermophilic sulphur
bacteria. i was not sure whether they were bacteria or mineral deposits at
the time because they were colonizing around the hottest and apparently
deepest sulphur vents. but this time there were only slight mineral
deposits and the weather had been dry. this indicated that the
efflorescence was in fact bacteria, and most likely hyperthermophilic
archaea.

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strange events

yesterday on the bus to pennsylvania we stopped in a small town and woman
said that man had been threatening her he masturbated front of her. were
immediately surrounded by four police cars asked leave bus. hid toilet but
was apprehended removed. then gave deposition waited. left taken into
custody just 'got out court.'

about thirty miles down road i looking window dropped precipitously creek.
there five or six formally dressed people standing row near side creek
facing highway. they up. saw leap from highway sign seventy feet above
over dry ground. fully no safety net bungee cord. as moving, did not see
him hit this morning

my father lives in, rare hawks backyard. first time ever come here. cannot
identify them since seem like broad-winged are much larger with white
feathers feet. together sight.

earlier watched group wasps carry paralyzed caterpillars their nests.
later, fireflies all blinking unison, knew philadelphia species north.
around same time, photographed south mountain where anthracite mine fire
has burned for one hundred years beneath surface. when month ago,
thermophilic sulphur bacteria. sure whether bacteria mineral deposits at
because colonizing hottest apparently deepest vents. only slight weather
dry. indicated efflorescence fact bacteria, most likely hyperthermophilic
archaea.


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