deus ex machina he liked to be
called Deuce was caught dealing cards off
the bottom of the deck
he truly horrified his true
believers
his skeptics roared they were
head over heels they gloated
they felt
validated
they
vilified Deuce
Jesus said They who are without
sin let them cast the first stone
an pithed or simply pissed scarcely without a moments hesitation a
gnatsbreath they bent oversnatched up
stones an sticks an hurled them
thats how the world ticks
everything
shot from the hipconvinced theyll hit exactly what theyre shooting at
Oops
breathy
collateral damagefriendly fire accidental I didnt mean itso I get a pass
no pass
an this is where Deuce would usually
swing in an haul their ass out of the fire they stoned him for
cheating
but not
to death
he wasnt moved to help his
tormentorsunwilling to turn the other cheek
Deuce didnt dig the Sermon on the
Mount
“‘Ye have heard that it hath
been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth(Matthew 5:38)’ but I say
unto you, that ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy cheek,
turn to him the other also”
Deuce nursing his woundslicking
them Fuck em
he didnt swing into action as the
true believers an the skeptics were wont
why would he
cheatings not a transgression
if youre not cheating youre not
trying hard enough
didnt everybody know that
wasnt that writbabbled in the Code
of Hammurabi the Mosaic Ten Commandants pedantic vows
no he closed his blackanblue eyes
he held a rag filled with ice to
his broken nose
wiped blood from his broken lips
with the back of his free hand
Fuck em was followed by stringy
bloodtinged spittle
in his selfinflicted blindness he
was exquisitely sensitive he could feel
the individual strands lengthen an snap an tap the dirt between his naked feet
Fuck em appeared in scarletblazing
smouldering letters in the black inside of his eyes
Ye he gasped silently to
himself Judgment
Day will look exactly like this if I have my druthers
1633, Day-between-Two-Ts, 29 11.
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1329, Thursday, 30 11.
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Frank Zappa Montana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smZA9Jv3qH0