the Thai place usually had its shit together so he didnt check the order when he left

the same two girls at the counter that hed worked with before

it wasnt a hectic night on the floor

Green Basil two orders of Combination Fried Rice two orders of Spring Rolls

You’re missing a Spring Roll.

Fuck

      Callem up Im heading back over   Is the hot sauce there

rustle of a deep paper bag

Nope.

An order of Spring Rolls and hot sauce please Im on my way

on his way he gathered his cool he hated to have to doublecheck seemingly everyone its simple  do your fuckin job
when someone went to doublecheck him he walked off he wasnt gonna hang aboutwaste his time because when he did a job he did it thoroughly nobody was tougher on him than he was

                                                                       he needed oversight like he needed a hole in the head

apparently he was a queer duck that way

he liked to imagine this horseshit rather than being incompetence was the age-old game the butcher with his thumb on the scale people gaming others and when caught ya gotta catchem first feigning surprise feigning humble apologies then setting things straight 

everyone tries to get up on someone  thats the American Way

                                                                 he wished he knew who first uttered it hed break their jaw If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying.

                                           really hard to say with your jaw wired shutsuckin food through a straw

he was on his way

                    Trouble Trouble  Right here in River City

he always wanted to go to River City

for the trouble not the music

he didnt enjoy Robert Preston until he saw him perform in Victor/Victoria Preston was a scream he couldnt help but wonder if Bobby didnt let his freak flag fly

freak flag

           hed been waving his around long before he ever heard of it 

a peace freak a freaknik  he opposed Nam

                                               a war of opportunity for the United States not a tumbling Communist domino it was or what should be known as Americas capitalist brand a brand on a cows fanny the Military-Industrial complex Eisenhower bleated about  he knew about war

that wasnt to say he was against a good fight

                                                 even if he was a longhaired peacenik 

he liked goading bigmouth crewcuts provoking them funny they didnt know what was going on

                                                                                                      he acted afraid he shivered made his eyes moist  they were bolstered by their numbers they must have thought they were walking into a flowerbed

            kindalike flowers

nettles spiked spiny thorny  sometimes a sap or knuckles  gifts from his old man who had to collect insurance payments door to door

poor so-sure slobs

                   they walked into a freak maelstrom that they werent likely to talk about afterwards getting pounded by a freak a pantywaist

                          some teeth scattered like Chiclets  longhanging slobbers off busted lips

Christ Those were the days

Yah Stopping back for a missing order of Spring Rolls and several hot sauces please Someone dropped the ball

1731,  Saturday,  15  2. 20

1123,  Monday,  17  8. 20

Ya Got Trouble  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI_Oe-jtgdI