by David Sedaris
David Sedaris has not only a knack for
storytelling, but his behavior is so unique that the pairing is
always entertaining. He explains that when he was a child, he often
used to dress as a hobo for Halloween. He explains:
...from then on I was always a hobo.
It's a word you don't often hear anymore. Along with “tramp,”
it's been replaced by “homeless person,” which isn't the same
thing. Unlike someone who was evicted or lost his house in a fire,
the hobo roughed it by choice. Being at liberty, unencumbered by
bills and mortgages better suited his drinking schedule, and so he
found shelter wherever he could, never a bum, bu something much less
threatening, a figure of merriment almost.
I enjoyed this passage for it's
colorful and somewhat accurate depiction of a hobo but I really
enjoyed it after I read this article in the Economist some weeks
later.
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