In the Alphabet District, off 6th,
a man is rolling on the ground,
naked from the waist down.
A needle is to his right.
A butane lighter is on his left.
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His hands cup his crotch.
He claims he's being attacked
by a snake, a big one, like a boa.
I explain to him, 'The only snake
'I see has one eye and I am not
going near that thing.'