I aint gonna chase you

 


I aint gonna chase you


     This was a tale told by Greg from his travels to the city of big shoulders and visits to interesting family friends Kathy and Walter. Greg loved Chicago and the apartment of old friends of Maureen who led a very urbane lifestyle. Walter was a professional man who was such a gentleman he shaved and put on a fresh shirt to come to the dinner table. There are a couple of tape titles from his utterances on the list. This may have occurred on one of the famous road trips but Greg found himself alone on the street in Chitown where he was approached by an older panhandler. Being the son of a true liberal man Greg did not ignore such down on their luck people normally but he was moving toward an agreed upon meeting. He accelerated his pace a little and the old mendicant said in a tired voice "I aint gonna chase you." Greg slowed and the man told him "man I just came in from Cincinnatti, I've been walking all night!" Now Cincy may be 300 miles away and such a stroll would take 10 to 15 days but Greg was more interested in the gent's convincing tone and handed him some dough. It seems like a small price for a sentence he used for probably 40 years whenever he was behind anyone. However, those of us who knew Greg in his later years never did anything but chase him on foot. He was a brisk walker like he was late for a connecting flight, even if he was way ahead of schedule.




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