A man walks down the street, it's a street in a strange world...

‘Yeah we live outside Houston; we’ve got a farm out there. It’s quite a way outside of the city so my dad’s going to come get me from the airport. It’s going to be quite a big change of pace from the hustle and bustle of New York but you know what ma’am, I must say I can’t wait to get back, felt lost in New York, the Big Apple they call it. Ever wondered why they call it the Big Apple? Seems a weird name for a city but to be honest, everything over there felt weird, people not too friendly over there, not like in Texas. You’ll see when you get there ma’am. So what’s it like in London, y’all have got the Queen over there right? Wow a Queen and all, and that Prince Charles fellow with the big ears, funny looking fellow ain’t he, he’s the Queen’s son right, heir to the throne. That mean he’s going to be King of London yeah? He was the one that married that Diana lady wasn’t he? Poor lady, dying like that and leaving them two little boys, so damn sad. And they say it’s the Queen that did it. Any truth in that? Kinda like JFK ain’t it? The conspiracy theories, that’s what they call them conspiracy theories, not like I believe in such, they get so out there, them theories, makes you wonder the kind of minds that come up with such. But I guess human beings gotta come up with something to explain what they can’t explain. So many things that can’t be explained you see and it makes us feel better when we can explain things so we make things up. It’s like them people that say there’s no God, that the rest of us make God up to make ourselves feel better. I can’t take such people seriously see ‘cause of course I believe in God. Don’t know how someone can not believe in God, I mean it’s easy to see he exists and all. You just gotta look out in the world, everywhere you see proof he exists. I mean them that don’t believe will tell you different, they’ll argue about the bad things going on in the world and ask what kinda God will let bad happen, but that’s human beings doing that ain’t it, not God. It’s human beings doing all them bad to each other. Don’t know how people say there ain’t no God, makes no sense for there not to be God. But well there’re so many crazy damn people in the world ain’t there. One’s gotta be careful nowadays with all that goes on, you switch on the news and its one bad thing after another, makes me not want to watch tv anymore. Yep I’ll be glad to get back to the farm, its quiet out there, not too much bad going on there, it makes sense out there on the farm. So you say you’re from London yeah? Here for a wedding you say? Your brother’s wedding? So why’s it in Houston?’ he asked, 

As I open my mouth to finally contribute to the conversation I hear,

            ‘Will passengers please fasten their seatbelts, we are about to begin making our descent into Houston.’

Title - You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon