absolute
a sign hangs at eye level on the front
door as you walked in No Mask No Service
he wore his in when he ordered
coffee for himself and his brotherinlaw
she and her parents were unmasked
he held the door open for her
three of them
he assumed the parents could read
the restroom door closed at his
back
daddy was dressed in a black
dago-T black jeans work boots his arms and neck tatted thick he seated himself at a tall café table
they made eye contact
daddy sported a closecropped
scalp
he hadnt cut his hair in a year
daddy sneered
he was humoured
they disregarded each other
Huh?
I said Republicans
Who?
Inside
Republicans?
Yabetcha Nahstop I may have been rash Dear Leaders
Why do you say that?
Because they are absolutely
Why would you say that?
he iterated what hed
seenexperienced inside the coffee shop
So you’re convinced they’re he sneered absolutely sneering
again Republicans?
No, I don’t need you asking
anyone anything.
they walked past them
the family crossed the street and
entered their 4-Wheel four-door white three-quarter ton Ford truck
it wasnt a work truck
he worked years of construction
he knew work trucks
this was a pretty truck
I don’t know that.
I can confirm
No sense stirring the pot.
Republican
Possibly.
Absolutely
I wouldn’t say absolutely.
You never say absolutely ya got a bug up your ass with anything I might possibly deem absolute
Because nothing is.
Bullshit I got your twenty dollar bill taped to glass
that I beat you out of because I absolutely knew Ossoff and Warnock were
winning their respective Senate run-off races in Georgia Yawanna bet another twenty Ill stop them before they leave
No, I don’t want you running into
the street to stop them.
exasperated You certainly
could have
I wasn’t going to start anything.
Nothing to start simple question Yathink theyd take exception to a question of
their politics
Out of the blue?
Yes out of the fucking blue Someone asked me a question Id give them a
precise answer
But that’s you.
Im like everyone else
later the conversation continued
over a beer
Synder and his clown manager
poisoned Flint
they were told by local health
officials it wasnt prudent to proceed with their plan to use the Flint River as
their water source
They should be executed?
Absolutely An eye for an eye Love the Old Testament They didnt have to drink the water or bathe
in it Take it personally woudja man What if
one of the children who died was yours
They weren’t.
Whaif they were
That’s a hypothetical.
Quit Whaif one of your childrens death was attributeddirectly due to the governor and his emergency managers premeditation Say Ohwell shit happens
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