A SKID ROW CLICHÉ beyond notice pushes a purloined shopping cart across the concrete flats. In mid-step transformation occurs. Muscular physique implies beneath multi-layered thrift store apparel. He strikes a wide martial arts stance, cranes his neck to one shoulder and extends an invisible Excalibur skyward. In Frank Frazetta tableau, he mouths urgent dialog. Then he seems to dissolve, fading back to anonymous bum.

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