Sunday afternoonEaster Sunday afternoon
Hes up and gone man
Whard He
go
Anywhar
He wants Anywhar
he was rocked by the Lagunitas
Waldos he sipped while preparing the ham(no pineapple!) so he went outside on the porch into the fresh
air
the sun was trying hard to cut
through the shroud the threat of rain the overcast sky it came through in occasional shards stab wounds but the wounds healed quickly as
if the blades of sunlight never were
he returned into the house and
grabbed a small cigar a box of wood matches and Flann Obriens At Swim-Two-Birds
he was celebrating
this is what one doesHe did when
the Easter bunny disregards their house denies them an Easter basketdidnt put
him to work the night before dissolving colour tablets in hot water and vinegar
to colour dozens of eggs sitting bleak
white in their cartons shining like fresh skulls
but that was
likely because his drawings and words done in wax crayons had become more and
more profane every year
his parents
took his crayon away
Who
the fuck likes just coloured eggs(or just colouring eggs)
he ultimately lost his cogship in
the Easter machinery when he hogged a better portion of the five dozen eggs and
dumped the deep blue dye into the red and made nearlyblack eggs
apparently black eggs werent festive
so his parents
said
which
he countered The Man died These eggs reflect
the mourning of Christs crucifiction
his parents also didnt approve of
his crucifiction
thats when they dropped him from
the proceedings entirely
which was fine by him
he recognised as he did this Easter morning that after years and years breathing the
vapours off the colouring solutionsthe hot vinegar that he(probably psychosomatic) began coughing
whenever he caught a whiff of vinegar
truthfully he couldnt say he
missed the ceremony being
indentured the ah ah ahoh whats that called Yes
Yes he didnt miss the indoctrination
prejewdice not that his parents saw it that waywhat parents wouldparents
didntthey just handed down what they learnedwere taughtbecause thats when you
get kids
he didnt get getted
but that was innate to him
his parents then were right
in excluding him he was the eldest and
he could taint his siblings while his
parents were lukewarm to Catholicism they still held their religion in esteem
in the vapours of Christ and His teachings
and
maybe if the Bible actually contained the Word of Christ hed consider it but His disciples as all True disciples conspired to create godma conspired to create
a continuum and as they persisted their stories
of Him humanly were changed and embellished
and at some point it was recognised
Thars gold in dem dar hills!
dutifully he called his parents
on Easter and Christmas(he called as he opened his second Waldo)
it was habit to him
nothing more
as his parents aged they hedged
their bets(they gambled regularly now at riverboat and Indian casinos) they hedged
their shot at the Promised Hereafter
this Easters telephone
conversation turned on a t-shirt he saw a customer wearing Joe Jost’s
the man said it was a dive bar in Long Beach it even has pickled eggs behind the bar if
you wanted
he shared with his folks that
since he left Chicago he hadnt been into a bar that had pickled eggs Three for twentyfive centsDont imagine they
sell for thathuh
Or Blind Robins either his father said his mother concurred(When did
they go barhopping)
Blind Robins I dont know them(he
took Easter solace in their remembrances of bars)
You dont know Blind Robins his father said I suppose I didnt raise you right Theyre salted herrings Delicious with a cold beer
Smart though The salt only made you more thirsty
Ah
Like a dentist giving you a candy sucker
after hes filled cavities
Exactly I havent thought of Blind Robins in years
I never knew of Blind Robins Better I think to remember than never have
known And I thank you for my knowing now
Youre welcome Good memories attached to Blind Robins
pickled eggs
Yes Good memories attached to Easter
Black eggs
they laughed together
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