AwwKahrist JesusChrist
involuntarily came out of his mouth
he had lifted
his eyes out his book as he walked to snatch a quick peekassess possible obstacles
lots of years of
practise he was beginning to think he couldnt
walk unless he was reading
ahead heading downhill probably another ten metersprobably twenty meters
off the intersection something lay near
the edge of the road where the asphalt rottedcrumbled the earth beneath it
eroding winter rains coursed and
undercut the road the citythis was the
old city didnt have sidewalks or curbs it
was quaint anything dysfunctional might be
called quaint
he walked now loosejointed his finger a bookmarker because he saw he couldnt walk
past itignore it
if it was an animal he was going to pay his respects
he
was also going to fume people in cars didnt
give a fuckTHEY had someplace to beTHEY were in a hurry
he stood over it hoping the
destroyed organic body was a large pomegranatethats what it looked like a large dirty smashed pomegranate
it was just past Halloween
he knew some people to give
pomegranates as trick or treats
he dug that
in the Midwest some people gave
out apples when he was a kid
maybe this California bunch was upping the game
maybe watermelons next infused with vodka chilled by the night air
he might have to take up trick or
treating again
man the stories he had of adult Halloweens
he was glad he had them packed in
his skullso
fucking glad then
he called Halloween Debauchery anhe could
debauch with the best of em
maybe
maybe it was a pomegranate
Nah pomegranates havent bones
pulverized
without inspection introspection unrecognisable
he might be the only person who
believed an animal struck and killed and then repeatedly runover was a desecration
he liked to think he wasnt
he just
didnt have any proof
the telltale cluethe clincher the flesh marltuffs of fur gore still clinging tenaciously to the poor asphalt near the roads center
a fading
bruise never healing
there wasnt really anything he
could gather up off the road remove to the gravelly edge the busted flesh and bones and organs were
crushed into the teeththe black maw of the lousy asphalt
it was times like these he entertained
unsavoryghastly thoughts of whoever killed the small animal another earthling
that driver crucified along the roads
edge or those who mangled its body
that wouldnt bother him
that wouldnt bother him
he sighed
he took up Thirteen again before his eyes and began walking walkingtamping down the violence he needed to allay needed to not let infect him
at least not any more than it did
1238, Thursday,
7 11. 19
1205, Reggae Friday, 8 11. 19
