The world will always be what it
has always been. Luck rules our lives.
Luck
he hadnt spent time with his
brother-in-lawbrother-in-law by marriage to his wifes sister not a
brother-in-law who married one of his sisters
a bloodline cleaved nearer the heart(youd think)
they hadnt spent time
together since his brother-in-law sided with his wife(necessarily – he had to
live with her – although if he had disagreed with his wife he ran it out hard
and in no-uncertain-terms)(old adage go
along to get along)(fuck old adages) they sided against him and by virtue of his marriage harshly against his wife too his sister-in-law shrieked at him Fuck youGet the fuck off my property You can tell my sister she wont be seeing her
nephews again
he thought his words then were
Fuck youyou spiteful cunt
his brother-in-law had moments
earlier emerged walked up into that storm and rage and he triedhe really tried to step into the fray against himagainst calling
his wife a spiteful cunt
he gave him a sharp look stopped him in his tracks then out of the side of his face he snarled
Your wifes a cunt and thats your problem
as it was his sister-in-law was
good to her word
she was a stalwart member of the
communitya successful high school teacherone of the suspension cablesone of
the fibers the small rural town hung by
he and his wife and children were
newly-arrived unknown
thats called leverage
eight years later his wife died
seeing only her eldest nephew once after
he graduated high school and made it known to his parents that he wanted to see
his aunt before he entered the Air Force
she never saw her other two nephews
then eleven years later his
brother-in-laws wife died
that was four years ago
they finally had that beer they long
talked about blowing a grey crepe of dust
and ash off its cool head before imbibing
as they drank his brother-in-law
kept referring to their meeting as a putsch(the guy and his vocabulary) couldnt shake him off the terminology I hope Trump doesnt have operatives skulking
around about here
I dont think this townNo It aint connected despite what local
Republicans might think
Theyre small
friesthe proverbial big fish in a dribbling pond
Yaknow
Yaneverknow
No I
suppose youre right Yaneverknow
But I do know theres a white supremacy group in next town north Read about them on the Southern Poverty Law
Center website Besides we aint nothing akin to what I seem to recall
the beer hall putsch Hitler convened a failed coup attempt which is probably a discerned pronouncement of
the luck youve been bantering on about a
luck that eventually germinated or German-nated generated Mein Kampf
Yeah I seem to remember something about that too My world history is lousy
Not as lousy as mine I never had a good history teacher in school I lay my historical ignorance at their feet But the older I get the more interested I am
in history History on my terms I suppose
his brother-in-law smiled As luck would have it
Sure As luck would have it And the world will be as its always has been
1101, Saturday,
8 7. 17
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Wizard of Crow
Kendrick Lamar The Spiteful Chant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISFUG005Flg
