in walked his straight man
had not expected to see him
Waste notwant not he was going to have a little fun Wha the hellya doin
here Not your usual stomping grounds
a shot an beer joint
want wine all youd
get was whine Sorry, you’ll have to go elsewhere.
a tavern
elbow to elbow along the long bar a shelf off a brick wall stools beneath
it another shelf running beneath
barredcasement windows looking out onto the street stools five stout wellworked round tables four armed
chairs per the head was off the loading
dock at the rearhad to go out of doors
You've mentioned it several
times and while I knew where it was I hadn’t been in; you described it as colorful. I happened
to be in the neighbourhood.
Welcome Take a table Ill buy ya a drink
he didnt wait to hear what
he was drinkinghe had an inkling but since he was buying and didnt care for
what he usually drank hed let him twist
Frank was behind the bar
he owned the place
Frank was frank
Hey Frank two IPAs on tap two
doubles of Jacks
he settled up
Thanks Frank
Yabetcha, polack.
he set the drinks down There you go held up his shotglass A toast Welcome to the dark side
he eyeballed his shot You know I don’t drink brown liquor.
Aint toasting with beer Take a sip Ill finish it
A sip.
Yes an insipid sip it wont kill ya
To the dark side
The dark side.
he sipped set the shot on the table and pushed
it over to him
I thank you
You know I don’t drink whisky.
Holding a seminar
Ill enjoy it nahsweat an don make me say seminar again could get us
kicked outa here
he looked around furtively Right.
Rights right
Anyare in this neck of the woods because . .
.
Google maps. It made an error. It
told me left, probably meant right.
Well Im happy you can take orders from a machine I wasnt expecting to see you again for a while anthen to run into you here
he held his hands out and turned
a circle So whadaya think Like wha I said
he looked around casually now
Just like you described.
Yahyes an enjoys a certain howyasay Ah
a certain jeune se qua
Helps me be at easespeak my mind have a little fun
When don’t you do both?
You're outspoken.
Yes yes people ought to know where yare coming from Don care for shrinking violets
Crazy, you also profess to be an
introvert.
Well when Im in Im in anwhen I have to suffer out Im out Franks is one of the few places Ill suffer By the bye speaking
of suffering your suffering Anus or rectum I prefer anus
Why do you do that? You’re at it
again.
Whas that
What you always do.
If I always do it you neednt say
Yare at it again Shouldnt you I
mean ya would expect I would
Always
So again
Anus or rectum ya know my preference
droll Yeah . . I do.
But I don’t know why.
You will after you say
holding his beer to his lips he
looked sharply at him
he sipped his Jack he liked to make him uncomfortable he rarely asked him questions rather he implied
when he would finally say theyd get
into it why doesnt he ask a deliberate questionwhy the implication an hed tell him again an
implication is lenient it gently nudges a
door open as opposed to kicking it in like a cop rumbustious jacked up on their righteous authority telling others what to do an their overt
dislike of being questioned
I don’t know, I don’t think of stuff
like this . . I’ll say, rectum; anus sounds faggy.
there was his dig or so he thought so
A great title for a pensee Two syllables
You prefer anus because it could
be a pensee?
I didnt say that
I ruminated itd be a
great title he sipped his beer his Jack
What’s your point?
You said after
I said you’d say.
Anus is poetic
Rectum Harsh I hear wreckdem wreckdem like thats happening to the Charlottesvilles neo-nazi
organisers
Wreckdem
How you go from here to there . . .
A gift
I can guarantee it wouldnt have happened if you
hadnt walked in
Of all the gin
joints in all the towns in all the world you walk into mine
2301, Monday,
25 10. 21
1607, Twosday,
26 10. 21
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