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ok
so
i was heading up to dantes
to meet up with the crew
when
i discovered that the
required freeway onramp
was closed for construction work
there was a sign saying follow detour
so i did
i travelled a ways
without seeing any sign of future
direction and upon seeing a construction fellow
picking up cones ahead of me
i pulled over and asked him
the easiest way to get back to the freeway

he gave me this odd look
and said

"you're a flagger aren't you?"
"I recognize you"
"never forget a face i don't"

I was rather bewildered
"a flagger" I said "i don't know what you mean?"
i was thinking that he
was mistaking me for some other fellow
who apparently works on another road crew
but
i had this feeling that
whatever he meant by flagger
was something else altogether

I tried to worm his meaning out from him
but judging by he demeanor he view me
as something slightly less dangerous
than a venomous snake

he tersely suggested that i head north
to bellevue and get on the freeway from there
i thanked him
and
with an odd look
he said
"you take it easy now"

and more in a
you reckless fuck sort of way
rather than a
hey bud take it easy

or
maybe i just
hallucinated
the entire encounter

ah well