A Foolish Mans Birthday Wish

April 1st. 2011

3:00 AM

=Jerry=

            Ok so i sort of ignored EVERY rule there was about going into a city, but i always liked to do something new/crazy for my birthday every year and had never been to New York City other than to pass it by on the plane. so i got off the boat at the shore roughly at Battery Park with a proud but cautious look on my face and checked my old shoulder pack as i could still hear the helicopter from the ship just 20 miles from here pass by. before i took off i got cut off with "Remember Jerry, the Helo is not going to stay all weekend so make sure you get to liberty island before sundown tomorrow. we saw the ferry was still intact so the rest is yours." i nodded and gave a wave off to signal im all set and he went back on the boat so it could turn around to head back to its ship. i took a long breath of rotted but clean-ish air then started my jog, the plan was to hit central park then head south to liberty island where i would get the pickup and a free tour above the rest of the city before heading back to the ship...at least that was the plan............

            I was taken by surprise at how little activity it had compared to other cities, it was also surprisingly quiet but i didn't want to jinx myself by dropping my guard. the stores and small buildings were naturally looted and the grass came up through the cracks in the road and sidewalk from the inactivity along with the little smashed up hanging gardens that came down to earth had just regrown a lot of its flowers. i checked my watch "5:50 and I'm not even at the first checkpoint yet." it was about another half hour before i got to city hall which looked more like an ancient temple in a forest. about another twenty or so minutes of dead silence, i tried a few cars with no luck but a lot of raunchy air. it wasnt until i got to Washington square park around 7:47 when i started hearing the moans. It was a rather cute site as they seemed to be all packed to the stores or business buildings as if they were still shopping.....

            You could tell the three and a quarter years have taken a toll since most of them already seemed to decompose to just crawling on there dried out nubs and ribboned torsos. i just kept jogging since they didnt seem to recognize me...or even smell me~ by the way i really don't think they can actually smell or the whole hiding thing would be a REAL waste of time from the get go~ anyways. i passed by a movie theater where they still advertised the planned release of that Sweeney Todd movie ~planned on checking it out too~ i almost dropped my guard until faint skidding behind me made me jump forward and make a theatrical 180 degree spin with my gun to a half-shammie trying to sneak up on me. i decided to save the bullets but made a mad dash away from the area since they are now starting to recognize me........

         10:00 on the dot and I'm looking at central park and all its overgrown beauty...like seriously it was overgrown to be a forest overlapping to the streets around it and right into the building i had yet to recognize. i pulled up my map and wanted to see if the subway would be any quicker, but the entrance itself made me gag ~and i wish i was watering that explanation down~ i decided to make my way back the same route but when i passed Radio City Music Hall it was made clear they found out i was here. like fat guys in a no pay buffet, they came to me elbow to decrepit elbow with a few of them still having there feet intact...funny thing was, those were the ones in high heels... i decided to cut around through west 51st and continue my journey through 7th avenue but that was packed too..guess i need to take the allyways.....

          Ok i was behind on my seven hour trip since i needed the detour to get to the Staten island ferry...thing...almost enough where instead of it being 5:00 pm it was 9:27 and i needed to get to that. i almost didn't even see it due to no lights which was the most eerie thing you could EVER see when it comes to New York. i hopped on the ferry without realizing the gate was actually down the entire time. the engine came to life and the lights blared itself like the dumbest beacon that you could see in a black hole. once i got away from the docks i could see them all wall themselves to the docks and plummet into the void below like they were starving to keep themselves alive. as if the Campion had a starved mind of its own, just pleading to keep going. i shrugged and steered the ship to the direction i was supposed to.....

        Well i would like to say i made it the first try, and i would hate to say i missed it several times until 11:45, so i will just say i had a lovely time sitting at the island and enjoying a bottled of whatever they made for me while whistling the happy birthday song to myself...and the stowaway was lying dead-dead in the water as i looked at the grey outlines of the buildings on New York City...happy birthday to me........