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Cowboy Justice in Tiburon

Arthur Jacobs
Arthur Jacobs is a graduate of Arizona State University.
He has written a collection of short stories and travel stories
with Native Americans called Star Walkers.

FROM
The Ragged Edge:
The Disability Experience from the Pages
of The Disability Rag
Edited by Barrett Shaw

Watch your step in Tiburon, partner …

I walk with a cane, have a paralyzed left arm, a speech impediment, long hair and a good education. I meet old friends from college in Tiburon, CA, on October 20, 1991. We climb aboard a fast boat and cruise over to see the fire in Berkeley. We race back to shore because my friends have to catch a plane to Dallas. The wind blowing my hair from the speed of the boat makes me look wild. We arrive back on shore, and my friends drop me off at a bus stop and drive off to the airport.

The bus does not leave for twenty minutes, so I go to get some coffee at Sam’s Café. Café is a misnomer; it’s actually a bar. I order a beer instead of coffee. Joking around with the bartender and the few people at the bar feels pleasant. Even with all the noise at the bar, people take time to understand my funny-sounding voice. I wander out onto the back pier, where people are sitting under the late afternoon sun, which is occasionally blocked by the black smote and soot from the fire, eating, drinking and talking.

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