some people sang in the shower
but he knew his
voice was bad despite the showers acoustics they werent going to turn him into a crooner a sensation a sensation in his own head some people liked that liked the fictions in their heads
so some people sang
he thought
he peeled grapescracked walnuts he parsed words fileted fish no fine fishbones
he peeled grapescracked walnuts he parsed words fileted fish no fine fishbones
he was meeting friends for
drinksnot a drink
it amused him that they were opposedstood opposite most opinions he espoused
he couldnt help but wonder if
this afternoons get-together wouldnt finally break out into a fist fight
they might want to try
it wasnt often they got together
it would be one of the few times
they had numbers against him
his advantage was
he didnt care
what his face looked like at work the next day
the vain seemed to prefer outnumbering their quarry
he didnt think it was a set-up
although he didnt care either
so he thought as he closed his eyeslathered his freshcropped head and slipped under the large showerhead to rinse
so he thought as he closed his eyeslathered his freshcropped head and slipped under the large showerhead to rinse
rinsing
enjoying the warm streaming
the suds dissipating
coursing down his bodyhis
chesthis thighs to his feet he spread his toes it tickled he thought of his mortality
why did he think of his mortalityhe
hadnt considered it much since he was a boy and he learned he was going to die
it was a moot point
death was inevitable
he wasnt going to worry his
sorry-ass about it
he was approaching seventy now
it snuck inhe laughed
he entertained
himselfwishing he knew some remarkable First People death chant
white people didnt have death
chants
they cried
their entitlement was ending
they were really really losing a
lot
a noble human chant wouldnt occur
to them
hed known too many people who
preceded himwho died
some might saytoo many may say he was with them when they died
why wouldnt he have been with
them when they died
living and dying were the same
thing
No
he hadnt any idea why his mortality would occur to him this afternoon in the shower
he hadnt any idea why his mortality would occur to him this afternoon in the shower
though better than him breaking
out into song if he did it would be Lola
1440, Sunday,
2 6. 19
1110, Monday,
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