Meat Department (one of two cutlets)

sometimes when you reach back   go long                                                                                      

you pluck the plum
snatch it from out of the sky
                              and its probably best when it happens in common places 
uncommon happenings in common surroundings are far more thrilling  and edifying

than them happening in superlative places  which would seem incorporated

in the Fantastic

she read over his shoulder

--   My love sometimes youre so full of shit

--   Wow  And youd begin it how Ms Smartypants

--   From the beginning

--   The beginning

--   The beginning

snagging ahold of some old cinema

--   The beginning The beginning   You cant handle the beginning . . .

--   Aw boy

                                                                                                                                                   

--   . . . and my existence  while grotesque and incomprehensible to you  saves lives
You dont want the beginning . . . 
                                                                                                               

--   I dont want to listen to this please    

--   . . . you opened the door  sweets

--   I did I did                                 

Idid     

Continue                                                                                                                      

--   . . . thank you . . . he cleared his throat and continued his best Nicholson . . . You dont want the beginning because deep down in places you dont talk about at parties you want me on that wall  you need me on that wall           
We use words like honor code loyalty  We use these words as the backbone of life spent defending something  

You use them as a punchline 

I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a woman who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide and then questions the manner inwhichI provide it 

I would rather you just said thank you  and went on your way . . .

--   Thank you

                                                                                                                                    

You finished

--   Yah You impressed

I think I remembered it correctly

I think

--   Yes  sounded right

But you always impress me 

Did you impress yourself 

--   Idid

Been awhile since I had a chance to unroll it

--   Yes  Doesnt lend itself to being unrolled  You tortured it a bit 

--   Yah  Guantanamoed it

But itll always be that season till its closed


things like that from the days of Bushwhacked America those were unforgettable parcels that hung in the air between them that they wouldnt let fold be unspoken                                                                                                                                         

the unmitigated idiocy 

the equally and apparent American bloodthirstiness  

It had to have its revenge  and was blinded to an oblique reality

which they thought was obvious  the best reply

a concerted worldwide intelligence effort

everyone having skin in the game  not the bullshit Youre either with U.S. or against U.S. 

most countries already had more skin into it than the United States

but to be sure that backronym that infamous backburnered USA PATRIOT Act* 

was aching like a pair of red white and blue balls wanting to come loose

bust a nut

and we were off  and ignored

and ignorantly misled

it was things like that  

that got in the way

they still got in the way

but to-day was something else

an aligning of stars

the perfect fucking storm

armed with need for their larder

a mitt full of coupons

and a wholly unexpected sale

they nearly pranced into the most foreboding place on the planet that they could imagine 

the supermarket

to do the ungodly chore of buying provisions

managing its irrationally stocked shelves and disparate placements of product      

retarded endcaps for instance tortillas  placed beside a bank of freezers for frozen foods ten aisles away from a small display of Mexican food beside Chinese food  and then the various spices and seasonings they needed in yet another aisles three aisles away nearly in Produce on a slender erect cardboard display of parceled cellophane bags

a good portion of the time the advertised Sales items were out of stockOops!(probably didnt think theyd endure the Courtesy Counter for rain checks -- they did)

and then the forever Cherries atop a Hot Fudge Sundae whipped cream and nuts

the fat women who blocked the aisles without their shopping carts but also had carts filling the aisles  and were unresponsive  oblivious to their polite Excuse us  please excuse us Um  Excuse me   Please Would you please excuse us

Pardon me  Excuse me please

obviously he wasnt hitting the dog whistle pitch meant for their hanging arms awesome drooping breasts or fat asses

to make like Moses to part the Red Sea

E X C U S E   M E ! !

his voice carried like a gunshot

she would have preferred to retreat back down the aisle and gone around bypassing their jiggling clot            

he would rather suffer the pains of Hell than do that
                                                       because they werent the ones who were being inconsiderate rude(they knew damn well they were congregating in a public place a grocery store aisle and the only way he could see fit to ignore or forgive their blatant rudeness was if some muscular fantasy fairy lifted them up from out of their kitchens as it appeared they were assuming as much according to their dress and then set rematerialized their considerable asses down in the aisle without breaking their ankles(a feat) beside half-filled shopping carts that held their purses)

Jesus she said under her breath

the collective three dully turned their rubbery elasticized necks to glare at them

their glares compounding  --  which he recognised everywhere they went together  --  particularly when the looks were coming off women  --  their glares narrowed  focused like red laser beams past him  --  onto his girlfriend  who looked ten years younger than she was  at her handsome toned figure  her dropdead gorgeous(even if he did say so) exotic face  under her nearly jetblack short bangs

they snorted like discontented hogs waiting to be slopped

-- Evidently you were too involved in your conversation to hear our pleas  asking if we could be excused so we could pass 

May we pass  please

they continued their glares  perhaps as if they thought they could make them disappear

not waiting to hear which one would have the mouth for the three he grasped the nearest shopping cart pulling it back behind the woman immediately to his left If we move this one to your back(this woman had gobbled up most of the aisle by herself and stood with her backside to their approach  a foot from the shelves) that should purchase us enough room for us to pass                                                                        

We dont need much room          

Jesus really  dont need much room  she said to the back of his head

they fixed him with their eyes 

and he met each  and  every  one  of their eyes   which screamed Violated and Who the fuck do you think you are  despite the religious necklaces at their gullets which were worn more like chokers(and someday might actually accomplish the feat)

Thank you ladies
  

1614,  Twosday,  9  6. 15

1610,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  10  6. 15

* Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001