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where are they now

they are on flatbush

flatbush and where

Linden boulevard

and.....

nothing has happened...

so far.....(a pause)  and...

they are walking up flatbush to Church

church and flatbush---arnie meyerowitz used to live there

listen to him

anything new

what do you mean, anything new..?

I mean the police---are they following them

I don't see any police...

I am so nervous...

Relax---Anna is smart, she knows how to take care of herself

She is my sister's granddaughter, that is enough---they always stayed with me during the summer...I don't want to see her hurt

so, she wants to take part in a march...

this is not any march, it is a march against the police...

it is not a march against the police, grandma, it is a march against police brutality and it is a march against gentrification

so what, she is in danger---

she has a cause----

what cause, two years ago and black man whom she knew from the neighborhood gave her a lift and he was stopped by the police---since then it is all about changing things---I should have given her a room in my apartment, here on the upper west side. I should have never let her move to that place on
Nostrand Avenue...

Nostrand avenue, we used to play stickball there

oh please....

what next----

okay--they are going east on Church---uh oh, the police are following them

oh, my God

Holy shit!

What!

I thought for a minute the police were hitting them---they wern't they were just marching close--now they just got off Church---thank God, too crowded---they are going down Rogers---everything is cool...

here, let me take a look.....

reminds you of where you grew up....

yes, where I grew up---and where I moved away from as fast as I could

how many blocks away from there did you live, grandma

a long way, past the parkway---Saint Marks Avenue and believe me, it was no picnic living there then