1010
usually hed go with 2210 but he liked the look
of 1010
those who knew him were thrown that
he used military time
Areya full of shit its accurateno confusion past noon add twelve ya too lazy to do basic arithmetic too lazy to think Anit doesnt belong to the military any more
than blessed belongs to the church I use
it an theres no way in hell Id consent to a religious implication
he felt in his bones it was after
twentytwohunred hours he just wanted to
know exactly wha time it was
he was going to take
a cool bath he sweated through an eighth
day of a hunredplus hed rather lay in
his bed cool and clean and let sleep snatch him before he began sweating again
he lit a blue pillarcandle
lavenderscented
it coloured the bathroom underwater
innerspace coalescing with outerspace free movement in any direction
it was
disorienting anthere wasnt anything he
liked more than being disoriented
but it got him by the balls tonightstruck music in his head his soundtrack
for whateverreason this evening his
DJ opted to play tunes that were tethered to deaths of families and friends Big Head
Todd and the Monsters Circle Israel Kamakawiwo’ole medley of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and What
a Wonderful World Daniela Andrade Creep . .
GET OFF MY BACK
Shaddup
or Ill throw on some spurs an really dig in this is topshelf stuff
Theyre on the topshelf to keepem out of the reach of children like medicines
poisons hard liquor
Yafound ways to climbup your grandmothers
cupboard
My heads not a cupboard
I know Im shakin free cobwebs going to them because yare notwont on yer own Im givin ya a nudge
Im not playinem to be
cruel
Look woudya look at all those marvelous
memories at play in your eyes
DJ wasnt being dishonest
he could see
exquisite montages
Starring
his loved ones who had died
it was hard to watch them through
his tears
it was a buddys birthday if someone years from now asked him what he was doing at 1010 on Sunday 18 July 2021 hed remember
I
was taking a cool bath on a hot night remembering music and dancing
