his journey begins with an act of impromtu kindness. from there it catapults onto entirely another stage. ignoring offers of gratuitous sex and violence. he fires his bodyguards and refuses to act his age. he throws his car keys to the homeless guy on the corner. as he jumps on the number twenty two bus to who knows where. squeezes in next to the old lady and the porn star. to whom he talks politely and never once stares. this is the story of a guy who is just like you. a player. a taker. a man on the make. this is a journey of extraordinary circumstance. and he never knew what was at stake. he gets off the bus and walks down abercrombie. he sticks out his finger and hitches a ride. now he’s travelling in a beat up old kombi. and in the side mirror his old life flies right by. he engages in little idle conversation. she asks where does he get off. he asks how far she’s going. she tells him all the way up north. this is the story of a man who had a second chance. to correct the mistakes that he’d made. this is a journey of extraordinary circumstance. the price of which is yet to be paid. he kicks back. she lights up and passes him a number. he starts to enjoy the ride. he tells a story of a young boy from the country. who journeyed south to see the city lights. and as she listened she thought she could remember. a certain tone. a familiar sideways glance. and he spoke of his very first girlfriend. and of the mysteries of circumstance. the further he went the more he expanded. of times gone by and that one sweet love. and how his life had become stranded. and he’d given up on help from above. this is the story of a guy who is just like you. a player. a lover. a man on the mend. this is the story of a guy who wants a second chance. he was hoping for something just around the bend. his journey ends back at the beginning. and all the things he threw away have returned. along with a few of his old bad habits. in the fire of absolution not everything gets burned.