he never plotted revenge
though he had taken it
the plotting planning
seemed psychotic
No
All he did was remember
he stuffed it uncomfortably in
his memory
and
inevitably
whenever that time
presented itself
he
was on it like old stink on shit
cold ghastly
their Recompense
a grey retarded ember given a whistle of air
and dry tinder
spasmodic
nursing his wounds afterwards
soaking his battered hands in a
bucket of ice and water
chewing on a
frigid washcloth to bide his broken lips and bitten tongue
his afterwords
slipped like the clear water over the broken
ice sparkling and refreshing
he saw the original injury again hyperreal
saturated steeped
he saw again his latent action
and replied
Bobby said All things come to he
who waits
Bobby
said the quote was from the Bible
It wasnt but Bobby always gave the Bible too much
credit
But he supposed
when youre born
crippled up and perhaps should have died
got Last Rites
something ought to
get credit
Bobby
couldnt take it
the
lil beast was in survival mode
1422, Friday,
17 7. 15
