This morning, Zegnatronic Man and I must have come in on the same train. For those who just tuned in, for about four years now Frank Chiu has been seen marching about the Financial District with a protest sign. At first his sign was handmade and said various things, usually calling for the impeachment of a lot of former Presidents (plus Franklin and Hamilton). Then he had a slick one professionally printed, saying
IMPEACH CLINTON!
12 GALAXIES
GUILTIED TO A
ZEGNATRONIC
ROCKET SOCIETY
But he was never satisfied with it for long, and frequently altered it with stick-on letters to say megatronic or altratronic or impeach [someone else]. Now he has another fresh sign (not as well designed as that one) which reads:
MCALISTER
12 GALAXIES
QUINTRONIC PROFANED PERJURIES
AGAINST THEM RULING
THE UNIVERSE AND
ZEGNATRONIC
ECLESIASITES
The back of his sign is available for advertising. The first one I remember was a love message; then a sandwich shop. There are two now, a fortune-teller and a website.
As he paused to put on his jacket, he grinned. I had not seen him grin before. It was a grin that might say, “Oboy, another day of playing this great joke!” Or perhaps, “This is the day my message gets across and They start paying me the movie star salary I deserve! I can feel it!” Or maybe he was just enjoying the sunshine.
Later: The next day I saw him twice, and he had changed his sign between the two sightings.