he was taking a shower

he heard it in his head Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair . . a commercial . musical . . . hecouldnt . ah he could  Mitzi Gaynor  South Pacific

                                        a dull neuron fired

his second shower in a weekhed been too busytoo busy for all the right reasons

too early in the day bed at 11 up at 4Johnny on the spot

                                                               showers amplified his fatigue

they didnt refresh himdidnt wash a damn thing away

                                                         showers let his tiredness glom get in his eyes inside his head where he entered with trepidation like opening a closet in a tenement letting rooms not caring about the tenants until they didnt pay the rent on time

                        NO EXCUSES

                                               NO EXTENSION

and since no one per se paid them any attentionFuck what rights they think they may have or were written he didnt have leases cash-in-hand he had skeleton keys he knew enough about locksmithing had the tools that hed still get inside if a lock was changed

stack their shit in the hall

leave a cardboard sign FREE on it

                                    if they werent sharp theyd lose the Murphy bed they slept on and every fucking thing they thought they owned

shits only borrowed  Proof when ya die whadaya takin with ya

YAH  showers didnt do shit for him except clean his body erase his odor

                                                                             they muddied up his consciousness

he was his own shadow aping himself like a puppet hung on string wire or tenterhooks  usually  painfully

nobody said Life was going to be easy

suck it up

1458,  Sunday,  16  2. 20

1059,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  19  8. 20

South Pacific  I’m Gonna Wash that Man Right Outa my Hair  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr3wH4u4xus