'girl, i love the way you dance..' " Lewis originally trained as an EMR Technician ,tall,muscular..a bit anyway,clean-shaven head,green eyes and a nice goatee. 13 months out of the Army,how he got nights at the psych ward was anyone's guess.. but it paid ok & he really did like helping people. All the troulbed kids .. just barely 18,homeless drunkards trippin' suicidal on bridges and bailed out by the cops,drug addicteds,abuse cases..the gamut came in. check-ins,med checks & dosings,clean-ups,supervising activites,smoking and excersice. Sometimes just being a friend to someone..so much comes with the territory. Lewis was a good person. This was the 1/2 point between half-way houses,jails,and the state hospitals. Some people just 'float' here. Then they are gone. It was kinda blurry..in an influx of mental derangement, even good people can wear into the blur just a bit. One night,she came in.. some near heroin overdose (not sure)..something. Smacked hard in the head. Spinning and flailing..laughing like a small girl on Easter Sunday petting the bunny. Incoherent ..no connection to the words or the world around her. Spinning.. like a Spanish Dancer in a tornado. She'd fall.. he picked her up. She smelled smokey.. but it wasn't a bad scent. Her eyes were red..brown..almost demonic. Jet-black hair and chocolate skin smooth as Jello-o pudding. She was beautiful. She was a 'floater'. For two whole days ..he watched her every move like a hawk. But more like a mother hawk. Affection and loving..were key. He helped her with meds and meals. Kept toe as she ran back and forth down the halls in circles ..like dazed gull. When Lewis was allowed to play the overhead radio for the patients ..she did her Spanish dance to the oldies station and even to Chubby Checker. Perhaps he was becoming the Disorderly Orderly. ~~ She'd spin.. he felt warmth. He wanted to dance with her. He wanted to know who she was. He called her Muchacha del Hilandero. Hilandero was his 'spinner'. He wanted to protect her,hold her. He loved the way she smelled,her swarthiness warmed him inside. He was not lonely in the spin. She danced .. he loved the way she danced. He was lost,transfixed in a beautiful and bright future that could never be. Warm heart,warm sun..and beautiful,warm Spinner forever at his side to love in mutual harmonies. ..he loved the way she danced. -- She Floated.. -- On the third day Hilandero was gone. Did she get transfered or discharged ?! Did her family pick her up ?! He asked the front desk where she was transfered too. The nurses and doctor asked .."Who is 'she' ?? " He explained the Spinner's Description. Lewis was told noone like that came in within' that 72 hour period. Maybe he was going crazy. He needed some air. He went out to loading for a grip. As he smoked his last cigarette ..he remembered something he's not sure he really remembered or experienced. She's burned into his head..what happened to him. What was happening to him ?? He was goin' madd?! His head was spinning.. but he remained repose. That's the kind of guy he was. He remembered her dance. He remembered his Hilandero. How crazy she was. No ..she wasn't crazy..she was beautiful.. Back to the ward.
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.. of N.E.R.D.s and Neptunes..award spinnin' ..ya big goonie,you dunn' have to listen to the provided backdrop for this piece if ya don't wanna(then again ya might be a lil' loonie if ya don't ..want me to check yir head ?! ..open wide n' say 'aaahhgg'..,nerd-oh !! )::
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