i enjoy a good trek to my local public library..
and just like the bus,
u meet all sorts of interesting, annoying, and frightning characters there...
one may also encounter odors that stimulate the olfactory organs in ways inconceivable..

the geek computer books are neatly situated in the last row of the non-fiction section..
in the space after this last row sits 2 rows of computers,
which visually makes this area seem a bit crowded..

about 6 feet from the end of the row of 'puters are a couple of chairs... i sat down to browse a few books...
when suddenly, i *sniff sniff* noticed a pungently sickly sweet aroma..
i looked up and along comes a man who throws down his backpack and sits down in front of one of the empty terminals..
(notice, i could smell him before he came into plain view)
to describe this man, i ask u to visualize pigpen from charlie brown..
only he's probably older than 40 (i couldn't really tell from the thick layer of soot and dirt)...

as i'm regaining consciousness..
(i'll put it this way: standing next to a full dumpster smells better than this guy...)
two ladies approach the empty terminal next to mr. pigpen..
and i was hoping that in blocking my view of him, they'd somehow deter the odor from knocking me out again...
but the current from the a.c. blew the stench through them straight to me...

somehow i forced myself to stand up and leave...
and now that i think about mr. pigpen, i wonder if he was homeless...
u just don't see too many homeless guys browsing the net...
but if i were to see him again, i'd want to be equipped with a gas mask...odor-rific!