sometimes you find yourself in
places you wished you hadnt been
he was never one of those guys
who woke up in the morning and wanted to go coyote gnaw off their arm so they
didnt wake the woman they spent the night with
everyone inexorably ends up in a bad fit on occasion
recently and he tried to forget prior times but they had a habit of coming rushing back on him like frat
wannabes who he wished died of alcoholic overdoses Hey, man, that’s severe!
Nobodys talking to you
he figured everyone had
selfexaminating gnomes cretins sitting on their shoulders passing hifalutin
judgments consciences probably everyone except sociopaths psychopaths
an blithering idiots
he was damn sure retards didhis brother did though belated
what did that say
about the aforementioned maybe they ought to be euthanized I’m right here. I haven’t gone anywhere Just checkin wonderin if you took coffee breaks
as he was saying recently recently he found himself waiting in line at magazine and snack shop on an airline concourse
some guy stood behind him
uncomfortably close
the guy hemmed and hawed and hissed maybe trying to not be so quiet hemming and hawing at the fat woman in a
colourful moo-moo Or tent Hey! Again? the fat woman was purchasing several fashion
magazines gossip rags and chocolate candy bars
out of the mans contentious hisshe
couldnt make out his words though he ought
to be able to keep that shit to himself he did he
never audibilized but still he was reprimanded soundly
hisses dont have consonants or
vowels theyre just composed of syrupy sounds
stuck together on spittle his seemed to
suggest You really need chocolate?
he never coddled – who was he
kidding – veiled contempt really drew his ire drew his sneaking contempt of contempt like a viper hunting and unrecognized
by its prey
slowly he halfturned
haaalted
but his head continued continued continued its deliberate slow ratcheting strained at the muscles and tendons in
his neck his eyes grew predatory then eyestalks grew and wiggling he transformed from a viper into a crab munching on
pale greywhite corpse flesh
he fixed him with beady eyes You may not be saying but I hear you I can hear you
his pinchers were anxious to pluck
flesh from bonesthe man probably saw his hands working in and out of fists not that he was conscious that he was
the message transcended his I can
hear you
he saw his point was taken
then
the muscles and tendons in his neck relaxed
and then
he pinioned out of his
halfturn
the clerk called to him
the fat lady was gone
he was next in line
he smiled at the clerk
the clerk smiled in return and
said I appreciate your patience, sir.
Thank you I appreciate you saying as much
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