a clutch of people sat at the front of the bar around a long rectangular table

the window behind them was rain-speckled and tossed myriad rainbows and sparks from passing headlights

he was watching football 

he had turned his back to them

more than once their voices rose

they were drinking quite a bit

since the flatscreen he watched was muted caption-enclosed there was nothing between their sounds and him

one young man in particular began to carry on

he glanced over his shoulder at him

butch  tatted   probably shouldnt be wearing the spotty beard he grew

he didnt like his politics

then the young man dropped what he had unfortunately anticipated  not prescient  just alert  whose words overrode and shut up those he sat with

When youre in Iraq . . .

muzzle him he thought

no one at the table did

he didnt think When youre in Iraq came out of many mouths

he knew many who served

who enlisted or were drafted for Nam

they didnt

he had uncles who fought in the South Pacific Africa Europe

they didnt

gathering his wits he paid his tab and left

What happens in Iraq stays in Iraq

Yah?

1723,  Thursday,  8  12. 16

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.  Ludwig Wittgenstein

perhaps more than many I take solace in Wittgensteins quote

I figure Drumpf has nothing worthwhile to say  

so as with his touted empire(we only have his word) he simply lends his name to things and lets others run the ball

                                     the fat mans got no legs

I believe it is plausible that he may have taken disassociation(detachment from reality) to an extreme never before realised in the Public sphere(though privately its likely those closest to him have tiptoed around it willfully as its benefits have substantially outweighed its detractions  happening in a bubble as it did   people do the strangest things for money  Ill cite a Cleveland Steamer)  a blonde pliable nerfball batted around and crushed into whatever form is necessary for whatever purpose being conspired or else the man is one of the most dishonest men ever to walked the earth  although that said  among the many others were despots who silenced their critics and detractors(I suppose well have to wait and see)  Bushwhacker and Company did alright abetted by President Obama who held the “’belief’ -- we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards” and while that is a worthwhile tenet to raise childrenHuh  he refused to have any actors tried for Crimes against the State  possibly a challenge akin to trying to find credible doctors(experts – he had xperience) willing to testify against their brethren for performing malpractice  

if he had brethren and they crossed the line hed be first to stomp their toes and ask them who the fuck they thought they were

thats what being firstborn got him 

an irrefutable sense of truth and honesty and a hot intolerance for Liars

but Liars are never silent

when theyre shown video that attest to their lies they say No I didnt mean thatThats not what I meant    

and then they dont say what they meant

just that they didnt mean THAT

it was going to be a long dismal four years

1526,  Thursday,  8  12. 16

1305,  Friday,  9  12. 16