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Another Schmuck Started by: NoahLevenstein on Jul 23, '14 00:57

Noah stepped off the kerb and into a 6 inch deep puddle. He cursed to a God he longer believed in and shook his shoe with a kind of desperate hopefulness;  as though a jigging of the leg would somehow dry the only socks he owned, or waterproof his old battered brogues. He wasn't an old man, but his bones ached.

 

There was no place for Jews. Back in Jerusalem, there were whispers that soon a new state would be carved out. The Jews would earn themselves a nice length of Mediterranean coastline and, after almost 2,000 years of waiting, a real homeland. Noah couldn't wait that long. He took a ferry from Beirut to Barcelona - stopping at Palermo en route - and from the Catalan city he took a train across Iberia to Lisbon. To his surprise, many who got on at Palermo were with him on the train and, soon enough, Noah realised their purpose was the same as his; leaving the old country behind to pursue a new future in America.

The boat from Lisbon to New York didn't take much longer than the trip across the Mediterranean. Or maybe it was much longer, but it didn't seem so because it was the last leg of the journey - the last hurdle for Noah to overcome till he could leave behind a life of hatred and persecution for one of prosperity and riches,

He spoke to some of the Sicilians on the trip and they felt the same way, but Noah felt like they didn't understand. Not really. They had a home, and when they arrived, they had a plan. It was when they spoke of their specifics that Noah realised his mistake. He had hoped to rely on his namesake, the 'original' Noah, who had pounded the sidewalks in Chicago and New York some years before. It was on the boat to Ellis Island, and later on the streets of the Bronx, that Noah understood his reality.

His legacy was too long ago, his name was worth jack shit. Like everybody else he was just trying to make a living. Another schmuck.

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Walking the streets KingRico bumps into yet another schmuck walking the streets. This one seems different from the others that he has seen before. Theres something in his eyes, a desire of some sort. Perhaps it is a desire to work hard? Then again maybe it is just his mind playing tricks but never the less what can it hurt to say hello?

Hello there NoahLevenstein. You look like you just came off a boat, how was the ride? 

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