he looked over the edge of his pint before taking a sip and mumbled  So whayawan done with your remains

it was the first(actually the fourth today) pint he had with him in nearly twentyfive years  circumstances prevailed  he called the mans wife a cunt  if someone had called his wife a cunt they wouldntve been talking for their broken jaw anif breaking his jaw a cop was called then the man and the wife were both cunts and he never wouldve had the beers he was having with him now

as it was then he only protested that he called his wife a cunt 

it never went furthur than that

he had to know to who he was married

My remains  Over beers youre asking me what I want done with my remains

Fuck Whynot   Its not like itd be picking your dirty socks up off the floor where you left them before you diedBrowne said . .

. . Not Browne again  Is he an obsession

He isntId not be invoking his name if I hadnt read an article in the Guardianthen read of him again in four successive books I randomly picked up his name ascribed in fiction and nonfiction

He said  To be gnawed out of our graves, to have our skulls  he spelled it s-c-u-l-s  have our skulls made drinking bowls and our bones turned into pipes are tragicall two ls  tragicall abominations

Are you into me sipping beer from your skull  Cuz I wouldyou know me  Id use a knife that murdered someone to cut my steak  Its utilitythe knifes a tool  nothing morefuckin aint evil

Weird  Unfortunate perhaps but I do know that of you  despite the years we havent talked or spent time

Yah  Im wanting to catch up before your dead

Me dead  Not you first

Fuck no  You got four years on me as it isyoure on meds Im not knock on wood he rapped his scul with his knuckles   Theres thatyah

Yes  There is that

An I dont think youre real happy in your new marriageHow long was it between Karlys death an your marriage to Katiean whats with the fucking K-thing Krist!spelled K-R-I-S-T

Theres no thing 

Don answer the second question first  How long afterwards did youas Katie says made her an offer she couldnt refusewhich is pretty fuckin cute an I hate using the word cute  How long was it so you don get swept away in the verbiageI spew when Im drunk an why it was nicea good idea to walk over here so we can weave back  How long to tie the nooses knotnot that a marriage is a nooseI married   You dated Katie within months of Karlys deathright

My god you can suck the air out of a room

Diversion Misdirection  Stay on point  Though laterif you like we can discuss sucking Some goodlookin women in here Surprisingly  Or not  Or mebbe cuz when Im here by myself Im either watching football hockey or writing or reading

You really want to know

I aint makin conversationyakkin to yak

I dated Katie three months after Karly died  We married ten months later but that said we knew each other before . .

. . In high school

Yes

High school aint knowing  High schools learning brother

                                             How long were you and Karly marriednearly said marred

We were married for thirtytwo years

You married when you were thirty 

Yes

Fucking discernineh

I dont following

Fuckin blindneed a dog  My point ismy point is  thirty years to marry Karly  Thirteen months to marry Katie   Whawas the rush  She came out of a bad marriagedidnt she

She divorced  He . .

. . Save he  I understand you wannabe sympathetic or pathetic  but it takes two to tango  Yacan never hang a divorce on one person  Divorce is exactly marriage except a marriage crumblingcoming unglued

Your point

My point is you opting for inhumation or cremation

What

I never when off point  InhumationI dig it  Or cremation

Inhumation

Inhumation Burialltwo ls  Browne

                           Reminds me of inhalation  Chopping scratching a line with a razor blade on glass and snorting  Hence scratching a hole in the earth and burying a body

                                                     Or would you be more comfortable – which is rich – youre dead – more comfortable – the best I can imagine and it wouldnt be worth the paper its written on – youre turfed  then possibly turfed later

                  Anyway to finish my wandering thoughts  or would you be more comfortable laid in the open air  weathered and reduced by carrioneaters insects and the elements

Why are we talking about this  Over beers

Whynot  Youve already got a foot in the grave  an youre leaning

Not necessarily

NO   

    But youre tilted more than me  Okay

The hell with this line of conversation lets talk about tattoos  Yathink inscriptions on ones body empowers them  helps form or reforms an individual

Why are we talking about this

If ya look over your shoulder youll see a portly woman stroking a mansthink her mans ponytail  She squeezes it tightevidently enjoying its girth and length  Like its his cock or wannabe cock hanging off the back of his head  Dreds  Cocks  Medusa  Not snakes twining over her brow or serpents Cocks  Looking at cocks ya turn ta stone

he looked uncomfortable

Krist K-R-I-S-T   You got problems with homoerotica tooWhars it end   Its probably a good thing we havent had a beer in twentyfive years   

1525,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  12  7. 17

1731,  Friday,  14  7. 17

2053,  Friday,  14  7. 17