Awwwgh

             not the way he wanted to begin his day

AZAZEL he knew of the Jewish desert demon

                                                   Azza an Uzza sidekicks

yet somehowHA he didnt think the colourfullytattooed young white man saw him through his rear and sideview mirrors sitting behind the wheel of the matte camo Toyota Tundra was thinking religion when he purchased his very cool personalised California license plate his guess  he might have been playing with his cockenthralled by the teleporting Marvel mutant Daddy Claus of Kiwi Black and Nightcrawler 

                                                                 he groaned Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world he has to park his vehicle in front of my carport 

it was his turn to drive  a carpool

he walked alongside it rapped on the drivers window

                                                         Excuse me yare blocking my way

I’ll only be a moment.

Im on a clock Please fire it up move ahead let me out   Please

I said it’ll only be a moment.

                              he went back to fingerig his cellphone 

hard to imagine inland offroad road rage   in a parking lot

                                                                I have a huge rear steel bumper on my 4Wheel 4Runner  They made them that way long ago  Ya werent there Ya pulled up behind me I didnt see you   Pretty paint job

     Your decision

he walked in front of the Tundra to his 4Runner unlocked his door with a key  got in started his engine warmed it as he always did heard the tempothe RPMs fall off put her into Reverse and rolled

     it was a nice paint job

it still is

     too bad Courtesy had to be so grimdidnt play nicer

           too early in the morning

 

1342,  Thursday,  14  4. 22

2017,  Easter Sunday,  17  4. 22

the telephone rang in the middle of the night

                                             he lunged from unconsciousbound out of bed to the hardwood floorbound up the hall twostepstops to the studySNATCHED the receiver from the cradleHELLO cant help but be alarmed  

  his brother

              since his mother died his brother had picked up her mantle  the Harbinger of Death and Doom and Destruction he didnt invite any of them to an orgy despite them temptingcoercing him with Immortality  Immortality vs. a Four Hot Chick That He Knew Of orgy NAH

                         turned them around tapped them on the fanny  Seeya when I seesya

when a soul tries to bribe ya

not a good person

really dumb idea

turn them around

kickem in the ass

kickem in the ass for me    

  Yes brother

I am sorry to call and tell you  Uncle Earl passed away earlier this morning.

                                                                                their usual exchange HEY MUTHAFUCKER HOW YA DOIN

               sometimes he salted it up HEY MUTHAFUCKER HOWS IT SWINGIN . . HOW ARYA BALLS  tender Brotherly Love Endorsements Let the party-line quims fantasise on Blue-to-Busting Balls or Long Dong Johnny Wadd Holmesesque  looks a bit like Frankenstein don it   Crazy crazy crazy

  Thank you

Of course, you’re welcome.

My love to everyone please

Of course  Happy to

Thank you  I love you

You’re welcome. I love you too.

                                       he listened to the hanged-up dialtone longer than he should have  his uncle was ninetysix   no matter  Death is eternal Death has that to brag about  Life has no choicecant bicker cant argue  Born. Gonna die.  dichotomy    harsh die-chotomy  he liked to think that some persona greeted him at the Pearly White Gates of Life and told him Listen up man . . Life’s a crapshootNO fuckin guarantees   And you die in the end, hero. 

I hear ya bro  Right on   Bring it 

 

D           I           A           L           T           O           N          E

with every family friends death his world grew smaller

WHY he owned books

theyre Immortal

they wouldntcouldnt? leave him

1324,  Easter Sunday,  17  4. 22

433 preferred to 1633,  Easter Sunday,   17  4. 22

The Association  Never My Love  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3lZqNVigWQ

The Hollies  He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mum5ra24bxE 

Edward faced him  looking east

                                   Ohman . .

he didnt have any idea what was over his shoulder but Edwards expression compelled himhe had to look

                                                                                                                Ohman he echoed

they looked out through the train window

That is a very old cemetery.

It certainly is

the headstones were tall some graves seemed welltended despite the thatch of brown grass scattered here and there polkadotted were vibrant coloured flowers too vibrant to be freshcut likely artificial

he didnt see visitors or mourners

How old is it do you think?

looking across the 101 he was familiar with stretches of it he caught a glimpse of storefronts saw the tripod walking eye water tower Gonzales painted on its side

                                            This is Gonzales  Push came to shove Id guess it was foundedits existence was tied to the railroad depot ranchland cattle other livestock agriculture Eighties Maybe earlier  Cemeterys better than a hunred years old

it was gone  passed   

he turned back to Edward

                            Yasaw it was fenced in

I did, yes.

To keep dogs coyotes out

Out?

Hellyah ya don want them in the graveyard digging up old bones nawh do ya

  Edward was Chinese his halting blink over the muslincoloured beige Trump virus mask was something to behold 

Are you kidding me?

Think it was built to keep the dead in

                                        Anticipating the Zombie apocalypse

Chinese eyes he didnt think they opened that wide

                                                       You’re teasing me?

Cemeteries in Ottawa fenced in he learned during their ride from San Jose Didiron Station that was where Edward was raised after his family immigrated from Taiwan

I do not know, I’ve never been, we have no family in Canada.

Theyre walled in in Chicago Got tons of family inside

                                                         Ya know    Catholic 

too wideeyed

              he couldnt keep looking at Edward was going to lose his shit

casually he turned his gaze through the window again

saw a handpainted sign on a rusted old flatbed truck

                                                        CA$H FOR COFFIN 

couldnt have seen that right

     

     blinked  looked                                                Ah that was better

                           CA$H FOR PALLETS

 

he was going to have to visit the cemetery

had seen the exit sign 310

not a quarter mile off the 101

1342,  Twosday,  5  4. 22

1239,  Easter Sunday,  17  4. 22