A Wednesday Walk Along the Mississippi River
The walk last Wednesday night started off innocently enough. With warm weather and fog in the area, I thought it would be worth checking out the Cass Street Bridge from the Mississippi River bank. As I walked along a river walk, I noticed an abandoned bicycle leaning against a building…with a red light flashing on the back of it. There is a sizable homeless contingent in this area but were recently forced to move due to concerns about rising spring river levels. I assumed that bike belonged to that community, and kept walking.
When I came back, the bike was attended to. Slumped next to it was a scruffy man…in what appeared to be on fentanyl high. Lifeless and not moving, I felt uneasy but didn’t want to get in this individual’s space. I walked down a small brick path to get this photo of the bridge:
