While shopping, I saw a Marilyn-Manson-like Goth kid. I thought he was trouble.

After leaving the store, I lost my wallet. I searched to no avail.

Ironically, I heard that kid yell, “You dropped this!”

He returned my wallet. I offered him money.

He replied, “No thanks. Pay it forward.”

Bob McNeil is a writer, spoken-word artist, and illustrator of some modest renown. Influenced by the Imagists and the Beat Movement, he attempts to address the needs of our human mosaic.