the one with a long story, there's a dog too

yesterday

 was

 a lovely day

 sunshine

 moderate temps

 the hotel next door

 power washed

 the street

 in front of their doorway

 just below our building

 the noise 

 was 

really

 obnoxious

 toonman and i 

decided

 to take a walk

 hoping

 by the time 

we returned

 the noise

 would

 be

 gone

 we headed

 out

 walking up

 riverside drive 

entering

 the park

 at 83rd street

 where 

there was a small playground

 an ice cream cart 

and 

a dog walker

we walked

 uptown

 along the promenade

 i took lots of photos

 at

 the community gardens 

with

 the

 big camera 

then

 we walked

 down

 to the water

 enjoying

 the breezes

 the boats 

it

 was 

really a lovely day

 when

 we got to 72nd street

 we decided

 to 

head home

 you've 

got to climb

 some

 amazing

steep

 stone

 stairs

to exit the park at 72nd street 

can you see

 there

 at the top

 that 

yellow and white 

strip

thats

 a recent addition

 i believe

 it was done

 because

 the last two steps

are 

further

 apart 

higher

 then

the distance

 between

 all the other steps

 i dont know why its like that

i do know

 toonman has tripped there

 i have tripped there

 and

 yesterday

 i really took a hard fall

 one minute

 i was stepping up

 to

 the last step

 then

 i was on the ground

 the big camera

 flew

 off

of 

my right shoulder

 the iphone

 flew out 

out
of

 my left hand

 i 

was

 on

 the

 ground

feeling

 really stupid 

toonman grabbed the big camera

 afterward he said he didnt know what to do

 but

 he assumed the worst

deciding in a flash

 to
 grab the camera

 so
 i wouldn't see how badly it was damaged

 it wasnt damaged at all

neither

 was the iphone 

which

 i picked up before he took it from me

 and

 then he dropped

 there was a lot

 of

 oh fuck gaddamn holy crap jeezus

 expletived 

around

 my thigh was really hurting

 my right arm was hurting

 the palm of my right hand felt raw

 did

 i mention

 my right thigh

 really

 hurt

 two nice young men

 stopped to see if i was ok

 i said yes

 i was mostly embarrassed

 one of them

 pointed 

out

 the

 height difference

 between

 that last step and the others

 i said

 i know 

thats why this is so embarrassing 

its not like

i didnt know

 anyway

 i thanked them for distracting me

 from the pain

toonman

 helped me up

  we headed home

 i iced my thigh

 but 

i think its going to be 

a lovely shade of purple 

with 

some

 yellowish green

 for 

a few days 

damn steps

oh yeah the power washer was gone

peace

and

quiet

had

 returned

 to west 80 street