he dreamt of two young boys
bathing in an enormous white porcelain bathtub
what was remarkable about the dream was
that the clawfoot tub was the one from the house he grew up in
the boys were towheadedseemed to
be the same age
they holleredslopped water onto
the tile floor
Hey Yawanna keep it down boys he
cried from a bedroom Im trying to study
his voice sounded as it did when he was younger
Okay they chorused followed by inane laughter
he remembered laughing like that
he couldnt remember however when
the last time was that he had the bane of growing oldercarelessness
I could care less misplaced
even if you werent growing up
somewhere between the
howling and him mincing his thought the boys grew quiet and still in the
bathroom
he listened
he could hear water moving rhythmically
Boys Whattaya up to
Nuthin one voice
nuthin meant something it did when he was a kid
Nuthin
Nuthinnah Nuthin
the same boy
the water moved rhythmically
Ahshit
he
thought they were old enough that he didnt have to checked up on them but they were boys and boysya give the lil
muthafuckers an inch an theyre required to take as many feet as possible
noiselessly he lifted the wooden
chair he sat on off the wooden floor as he stood so it didnt betray him he was in stockingfeet an knew the where the
creaks and groans were in the floor so it wouldnt betray him old houses couldnt help themselves from
ratting on their occupants an since they couldnt help themselves you had to help
yourself he might have been better at
it than his siblings not that he was prone
to being sneaky he said it was stealthwhich
later served him well
he went out the bedroom door into
the hall and up to the bathroom
the kids werent allowed to have
the bathroom door shut all the way you
could lock yourself inside but his folks had keys to every door anif they had to unlock a door there was hell
to pay
all the kids had paid hell
they accepted it as a matter of being
accountable
hell didnt hurt like hell for
long at least thats what he took away
from his spankings he didnt talk to his
siblings about their punishments the
girls seemed to learn quick or maybe it
was simply they didnt like being spanked with the strap or hairbrush or
whatever was at hand parents were
creative his kid brother who couldnt be
punished enough several times locked the door as theyd unlock it unlocked locked unlocked locked unlocked
locked unlockedwith a shoulder to the doorBAM kid brother pinwheeling on the
floor a hand at an arm leg foot
hair snatched and cracked fuckin Olympians made Vasily Alekseyevs ridiculous clean an
jerks look like childs play
kid seemed
never to learn
the door was cracked a couple
of inches
the water moved rhythmically
he pushed it open several more
inches and stopped it where in the next inch it would have creaked plenty of
room to lean his head inside
the boys were laying on the
bottom of the tub in sudsy water
they were smallershrunk perfect-to-scaleporcelain china dolls one above the other feet towards the spout
facing him though unable see him stick his head inside the bathroom for the tubs
steep side not that they would have theirs eyes were shut
the one nearest the spout rested
his head in the other boys lap
the other boy was moving his
hipshis penis in the boys lathered head
Ahem he cleared his throatthe boys eyes popped open whatcha doin
Im washing his hair with my penis
Is he doing a good job
He is
Im nearly done
Alright I got concerned because suddenly there was no
noise no splashing Wanted to make
sure ya didnt drown
No We didnt drown
Good That would have been tough to
explain particularly since youre on my
watch Dont drown yourselves on my
watch Ya got another five minutes
Nooo
Yes Five minutes Dont make me come back in
he pulled his head from out
between the door and the jamb knowing full well the next game was in five
minutes pulling them out one at a time their slippery eel bits toweling them
off as they slipped around like drunks on the wet tile laughing
1728, Friday,
15 12. 17
1043, Saturday,
16 12. 17
Vic Chesnutt We Should Be So Brave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At4OGm2lR4o
