Under the Bus
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Private Eye: Eugene Leftowicz
16 December 2013
Last night was the coldest we’ve had this winter minus twenty-eight degrees Celsius (minus nineteen degrees Fahrenheit). I didn’t see Ghyslain, but his duffel bag was in his usual spot. I thought he must be nearby, so I waited. After a few minutes, I saw him coming out of Tim Horton’s. He waved to me.
“Man, it’s a cold one, especially with the wind. I can only stay out for about fifteen minutes at a time.”
I said, “So, I guess you slept at the Salvation Army last night.”
“No, I slept outside. See that building on the corner. There’s a parking lot behind that. I slept at the far end.”
“I don’t know how you managed,” I said. “I’ve slept outdoors when it was plus nine degrees. I shivered all night.”
“It wasn’t so bad. I have a warm sleeping bag. It was just the wind, especially at around three-thirty. I think that was the coldest part of the morning.”
I asked, “When you sleep at the Salvation Army, do they wake you up very early?”
“Yeah, around seven.”
“So, how was your weekend?”
“It was quiet. There aren’t many people downtown, they’re all at the malls.”
I had to get to work, so I said, “Goodbye, Ghyslain, maybe I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Yeah, maybe. Joy might be here tomorrow. I don’t know.”
~~~
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