if he had anything going for him
in his corner he was observant to a T to the
nth degree
only time his head wasnt on a
swivel was when he read as he walked
One of these days, man, you’re gonna get your ass mowed down.
Nah Got peripheral got ears
Anover these many years Ive developed sonar I am aware a type of
observant
he told himselfconfided that
anwhat
he eventually learned was now innate
one of his best attributes was to
look up
people owned eyelevel
but not a couple feet above that was nada
tried and true
he discovered that as a boy hide n seek
usually played out of doors however
the few times they were allowed to play insidein basements he hid in plain
sight an wasnt found
he didnt hide in laundry deep sinks not under the
tool bench behind the wood and metal toolboxes not in dryers he hid on top the cast iron plumbing just
under the roughsawn floor joists when he
wasnt found at games end whoever was IT cried Alle, alle, auch sind frei, frei,
frei. lotsa
German families in the neighbourhood maybe
they dictated thats how it went when the game was over he didnt question it kinda musical just rolled off the tongue
when they played outdoors he wasnt
found
he climbed into the trees like a little
monkey
up
hiding in plain sight the other kids didnt look up kids grow into a-dolts
walking and reading his antenna
firedhis head came up out of the book
Wha he said outloud
nothing was immediately apparent
but there was something
he panned eyelevel
then by degrees he
ticked it up until he scanned the skylineBAM
perhaps a halfmile as the crow or
hawk or whatever bird turns one on flies a redwood was driving a corkscrewed
limb into the belly of the caeruleanblue sky the scene floppedone-eightied in his eyes they were always damn playful
anhe imagined a chubby gorgeousblue bottle being uncorked an from it flowed wonderful creatures humours salves salvations bequeathed if one were
so disposed
in his case it was all left to him
he had a diamondhard time imagining anyone other
than he noticing the pointed redtinged corkscrew protruding into the sky between
the leafy live oaks digger pine boughs which madeup the reefs and crowns of the
skyline
1234, ReggaeFriday,
12 11. 21
337
preferred
or 1537, Monday – President Kennedy
assassinated, 22 11. 21
