he wears an eyepatch

pretty fuckin’ obvious

lent itself to questions

its not like when meetin someonelookin em in the face it can be avoided     

now they may not askgood manners  but yasee the question roiling in their eyes like a viscouscrazed lava lamp  how nice to have two eyes 

                       he remembered                               

butstill he hasnt met someone who also wears a patch 

if an eye is a prosthetic he wouldnt look close enough to notice 

                                                                  unless they were a woman  then hed see realquick 

he pointed to his right eye with his right index fingerwhy not take obvious to the edge

                                                                                               You curious bout this 

note he left it to curious  good manners are left off the hook 

FUCK 

      hed be curious

I am.

When I tellya youll never forget

Never?

Not ever 

          Youll be the hit of every cocktail party you ever attend

What happened? asked guiltlessly which he intended

After being incapacitated a wing gone awry wha I could do was feed hummingbirds  Healedup I did it for years until a fire ran me out of my apartment

At the new place I started again immediately

I literally groomed a flockbetter than three dozen at six different feeders woud go out into them around dusk when they were frenzied at their most hectic freakydivine I was lashed by their wingwash deafened by their sharp clickin 

A male bullrushed mecame right up to my face itd happened lotsa times before an eye to eye moment he tipped his head to one side like a cockerspaniel  but this jamoke mistook my assumption my guess mistook my iris as a port a queer beeguard an jabbed its bill in deepreared jabbed again  got a mouth full of aqueous humor funnyhuh didnt see if he spat  didnt return for more 

Headlight out 

Nothing the physician coud do 

An oops

1800,  Thursday,  18  8. 22

342preferred,  Twosday,  23  8. 22