Awright  he played his third and first white lights   what about the inbetween

Sssh . .

. . Don ssh me . .

. . Ill sssh you  Youre not listening to his words  Patience

Aw the hellpatience  What I know is is that he can be provoked  We got him to reveal the first light

You think we provoked him

I do  He anted up when we started talking about it  about his neglecthis distractionthe hawk

We didnt provoke him

Then  I provoked him

Youre so full of shit

Patience

Curiosity

Piqued?

not he

the light

his daughter his girlfriend separately posed that the consuming light in the bedroom was his Guardian Angel

Thats one thickskinned angel he muttered in response to both women  He or she must have been the low man or woman on the totem pole to draw me  Orexcuse me  are angels hermaphroditesI thought they were supposed to be sexlessI dont know or remember when I thought it or where it was contrived  Hermaphroditic  or  sexless   What do you think 

the women were nonplussed despite knowing him and the things that came out of his mouth

his girlfriend said what she loved most about him was what came out of his mouthhis mindhis way of thinking  Nobody baby nobody  Nobody thinks like you

That could be a deficiency love  he thought she was hyperbolic prejudiced  standing too close to the fire

he assumed a little of her flattery  smiled and gave her what she often gave him Thats sweet  But you love me  which was usually followed by a gale a blustery goodnatured laugh 

they laughed together  Love means never having to laugh alone 

Erich Segal might have thought to use it but he couldnt croak one of his Love Storys protagonists if he wrote about laughter

he worked at a liquorstore

a lead he worked under occasionally as he did that night has a fetish for the close-circuit cameras instore

he found the leads titillationat best interesting  

he preferred his voyeurism in the flesh

whenever possiblethe lead made time for it he was glued to the screen its aisle-segmented boxes five across four down 

he hadnt realised the extent of the stores surveillance until he entered the managerial pen at the head of the store and happened to casually glance at itChrist  what the fuck was corporate looking for  and recording

the Crown Gems werent on the floor

he left the pen 

walking away it occurred to him it was likely the lead didnt even know he stood beside him

later than evening  closing the store  cleaning the bathrooms sweeping the aisles fronting bottles he heard a yelp from upfront from the pen  then the lights glitzed shuddered and snapped off

he came up the aisle and breaking out from behind a display stack to where he could see the pen he saw the leads bluelit face  the computers light didnt mask his shock or paleness or the horror twisting his face

he tried to make light of it Its times like this when we need a mirrorball to descend from the ceiling an spin an open this place up for a rave All the booze you can drink

MuhGod slurred out of the leads mouth

he continued walking towards the pen as he pronounced the rave

he saw the leads shock Hey man  You okay

the lead turned to him slackjawed whatever he saw on the screen was still in his eyes he looked through it as he spoke You  didnt  see  that  light

Light

The light an aisle over from you

Before or after the lights went out

Before

Before

Yes

Before the lights went off there were lightsI didnt seewha  another light

Yes The other light  he was still looking through what he saw his expression didnt acknowledge him his presence

dream talking mayhaps

I didnt see another lightany light

It was directly across from you  the next aisle over

You cant see through those racks not like in the spirit section

I watched it move with youfifteen twenty secondsyou moved forward a bit stoppedit stopped its movements mirrored yours  it was like a dance  choreographed   It obviously mirrored your movement and as you approached the end of the rack the lightit wasnt a figure  the light  it suddenly burned very bright  then the lights went dead

Mebbe it was one of my roommates

Roommates

My girlfriend and I have three roommates  Theyre docile  Mebbe one hitched a ride in with me this eveningnothing to fear

The lights are out

You fraid of the dark

It was frightening to watch the light move in concert with you

Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers shit  But it wasnt threateningwas it

It wasnt

Then   It wasnt     Whats the hubbub bub

You didnt see

No  I didnt

Then you cant say or be gallant to what I witnessed

Or mebbe you shouldnt be watching an this is just a shot across your bow

You didnt see

I see I might be more accepting  Theres no threat no implied threat  not a damn thing  Except the lights went out . .

. . It disappeared when the lights went out

Its not gone . .

. . You tryin to freak me out

No  Im saying its here  It chose to reveal itself  And now its chosen not to reveal itself   Ill ask it to come with me when we go

Well  were gone now

Then quit quibblingan lets go

Yeah were out of here

they logged off the time clock

as they were going out the door he hollered into the darkened store  Roommate! Time to go  Don wanna leave you here  Homes nicer

0828,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  17  5. 17
1344 days remaining or LESS Russian buhbye

Ghostpoet featuring Nadine Shah  X Marks the Spot  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OmtRTqeW2s