28.11.21

trash man

they were having too much fun  shots and beers smoking cigars admiring the colourful Chinese lanterns dancing on wire on the evening breeze

his brothers wife cried from inside the housefrom the kitchen window WOULD YOU TWO KEEP IT DOWN? YOU’RE DISTURBING THE NEIGHBORS.

he beat his brother to the draw Don think so they aint yelling at us from their homes

Jesus, man.  he chuckled   Would you leave her alone, I gotta live with her.

Yah I dont

   STANLEY.   DID YOU TAKE THE TRASH OUT BEFORE YOUR BROTHER SHOWED UP?

NO Fuck. Trash day tomorrow.

Ill help

Nah, that’s okay, ain’t much since the kids moved out.

She cant take it out

That’s my job; been my job since we first moved in together.

You didnt hand it off to the boys when they got old enough

My job; she said her children weren’t going to be raised to do menial jobs.

Menial like making dinner washing clothes so on so forth

It’s my job.


Okay man I cant help

NAH. No thanks.
                   he got up from the picnic table bench took a drag off the Arturo Fuente exhaled sipped the Redbreast took a pull from his beer he cleared his throat
                                                 You know what she hoping for?
Ive got an idea

An idea, that’s fun; wanna share?You tell me yours I’ll tell you mine.

Not as fun as Showing the neighbourhood girls when we were young

Who knows! What’s your idea?

I was thinking along the lines that yare set out with the trash   Anafter the trashmen leave yare still there

GODDAMMIT, exactly what I was thinking.

Brothers Close  Grew up together

Yeah, we’re disgusting.

Whawe disgusting

What makes the world go round.
                                      At least . . what makes my world go round and round.
Wheels on the bus

Exactly.  Be right back.
                        Don’t let my cigar go out.


he watched him walk up towards the house bend over stand again an pull up on his trousers bend over roll a couple of cans out from under the backsteps out of the way unseen  effortlessly   practised
                                                                                           he pushed one ahead and dragged the other on the narrow walk that lead beside the garage and out into the alley
                                                                                             something his boys didnt do for their father because their mother forbade it 

he puffed his cigar 
                    he was a good B O B   beast of burden he deserved a good cigar a good whiskey a good beer their lavish rawsometimes obscene good humour many times over the years people within earshot got up from where they were sitting and left
                    snobbitchysneers smeared on their face

Life muthafuckers  its a comedy club
                                       Ifya cant take a joke ya never should have come in

MY CIGAR?

Smouldering like your soul cunt  I listen to you
                                                   I also freshened your whiskey

afternoon,  Twosday,  16  11. 21
1227,  Sunday,  28  11. 21

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