Treading Air

Hi Everbody.Hoboclown here.Flash Mc Cool has been very busy in cyberspace and is back with a reflection- "I've been in cyberspace so long,I feel like I'm imaginin' things.You see,in cyberspace just about anything is possible with your imagination!But when you get back on real ground, things appear differently. Take the spectacle I saw this morning at my train stop.Nearly 50 feet above the commuter train track there's a cable that holds up the high voltage wires.For some reason I looked up (a few minutes before the train came) and saw a small bird in flight suddenly stop in mid air and then gingerly descend on the cable.An illusion I thought,since I was some fifty feet down on the ground looking up.I didn't need my magnifying glass because I can see better at long distances.I shook my head for a split second and in my mind played back what I saw.Right before the bird stopped in flight,it appeared to be treading air the way people tread in a pool of water.This couldn't be,I thought! But I saw what I saw.And the great hoboclown observation skills never lie. I once saw a few humming birds stop in flight and suck a drop of nectar out of a flower.Perhaps, this was another kind of humming bird on the cable wire 50 feet up.I really don't know. It reminded me of a famous classmate at the ancient school of comedy.That's before the old school and way before back in the day. Anyway,his name was Icarus.He was a class clown and once waxed on some wings and jumped off a cliff to try to fly like a bird.Icarus tried to tread air too but it wasn't working.You see, the Goddess of All Fools (Gravity) would not help Icarus that day. Icarus treaded and treaded and even dropped a few quarts of fuel and still couldn't fly.He fell against the rocks.All the clowns had a big laugh, because as you can see The Goddess of All Fools (Gravity) was teaching us how to make money . We laughed and laughed and as for poor Icarus,as he nursed his sores-he hummed and hummed and hummed all the way home .." ________ Well, that's Flash's reflection today.Until next time try not to get too hot under the collar this August.. Love, ~Hoboclown~ Copyright, 2006