Geegaws   

     Manohman  when was the last time he heard word geegaws                                               

he struggled pulling up in his memory what they were

he read it in Ellroys Perfidio 

he was distracted  geegaws gewgaws heehawed    lyrical

                                                                                                                 he thought he knew what they were but sipping an Imperial Red

catching Game 7 from Cleveland he wondered now confused how all the geegaws televised panned as they sang the Star-Spangled Banner accompanying the Cleveland Orchestras string section how they could afford tickets

on average eighteen hundred dollars

he didnt see one sexually attractive person

maybe baseball fans werent attractive

he didnt know
he hadnt caught a ballgame since the Twins played in the Eighties but then he knew most the guys on the team

like he knew Vikings  North Stars

perks of his job

he jawboned with the players jawboned with their wives their girlgriends

from outside it you wouldnt think furniture rental was so cool

they extended him tickets  Gimme a call Ill hook you up

the athletes couldnt believe he had such a square job

No it wasnt as square as it looked

on delivery he blew coke off the inside of a womans thigh at a D-linemans apartment

had shots of whisky with rookie Stars at eightthirty in the morning

they helped him move the furniture inside their places

theyd camped the night in empty apartments bought a grill barbecued steak garlic shrimp and since the coals were still hot they hadnt been to sleep yet they nixed him going until he had another shot and a steak and shrimp breakfast

he caught Prince when he ran an early repo disembarking from an after-hours private party at First Avenue   Cool

but then he knew Mark Brown the Revolutions bassist  he rented him furnishings 

through Mark he met Sheila E

there was the New Creations furniture trucker from South Carolina whose dog ate his infant son

You killed the dogyah

he furrowed his brow No hes a damn good watchdog one of a kind  Our fault  My wife and I are working on a new kid

a naked woman she remained naked from answering the doorbell until he left tipped him a one hundred dollar bill

didnt know where was she holding

Heehaw  Geegaws

 

                               

                                     there was so much more where that came from   not square at all

1652,  Day-between-Two-Ts, Day of the Dead, 2  11. 16