Inspiration #7

         A struggling middle aged artist, one day takes a brisk run in Central Park, he hadn't gone on a run in about one year, so he began to struggle for air.  After about ten minutes, the pain grew to be so immense-it felt as if he has a scorching hot metal crow bar pushing in on his rib cage-he had to stop and take a short break.  He found a cute, black, Gothic style bench and took a seat, he plopped down, the cold from the bench sent chills all throughout his pale body.  He glances up, he sees an old lady aimlessly walking through the park, towards him.  The lady was about in her 30's, she wore mud brown leather boots, that had a gaping hole, which allowed her big toe to pop out.  She wore a big poofy, vomit colored skirt, that looked like the clothes the orphans wear in Annie, or Oliver Twist wore.  She had dirt spattered, and caked all over her, from head to toe, and her plump legs were splotched with plum blotches, from the brisk wind nipping at her skin.  The man concludes that the hunchbacked lady is indeed homeless, he continues to stare, like any normal person would. The lady is holding a brown paper bag, soaked with oil from the treat inside, a croissant from the bakery down the road.  The bakery is known world wide for their intricate deserts and other sweets.  The owner, Tino Dilmiani, is also known world wide, mostly for him baked goods but also for his kind ways, and acts, one of which is donating all the day old deserts to the homeless. She uncrumples the bag and pulls out her croissant, she tears it right down the middle, and then starts to look around for something.  Suddenly, she smiles, and a flock of plump, and shiny pigeons start to surround her.  She rips of tiny pieces, of her only meal she gets each day, and feels it to her bird friends.  The man watches, in awe, he's struck by how happy she is when she has almost nothing.  He digs in his sleek Nike track suit pocket and pulls out a receipt from the Saks down the road, and a petite forest green golf pencil with the words, "Wing Foot" printed in gold along the side, and he starts to sketch, the lady, truly inspired by her.