Save Livejournal Month, Day 2: Enemies

I’m overtaken by a jogger as I cross a Peckham park. He stops by the gate for his Pitbull to catch up with him. As he leans down to leash it, the Pitbull notices a black cat under a car. Old enemies strike and hiss.

A co-worker is late due to delayed trains and Canary Wharf’s crowded platforms. “Two women ended up fighting because of the push and shove,” she says.

A homeless woman visits our mental health centre. Her partner beats her up, her brother back in Romania stole everything she owned. My co-worker tears up as she cries.