Goeysterhoevenhoofensnare

  not once or twice or three times repeatedlyrepeatedly in his dream  it wasnt his voice saying the name   A Name

as it continued he thoughthis dreamed-selfdreaming-self thought An echo 

                                                                                 but its strength didnt waver 

pronounced pronounced

   pronouncedNO   Ahnnounced

                                     Who  the announcer 

behind the repetitions he could hearbarely hear and see a symphony performing under a concert shell it innards mother-of-pearlmade him think abalone 

                                    suddenly it stopped playing

shiftedput away their instruments 

everyone produced harmonicas 

                                 

   they began playing again he could still barely hear them they played at the edge of an enormous green lawn

from where he stood a dirt pathlike talcum between shrubsbrush lead to the greenfield to the shell to the tuxedoedgowned performers 

                               he wanted to hear the harmonicas over Goeysterhoevenhoofensnare the speakerspeaking louder 

                          his dreamed-self refused to wake his dreaming-self refused to wake him

he began towards the path and reaching its mouth it licked its lips  which gave him pause

then immediately some fifteentwenty metres down the pathleft small birds kickedup and flitted out of the brush a tall metreanahalf muscular walking bird followed themstomped into the middle of the path DODO  Dodos dead Long Live Dodo 

       gatekeeper   perhaps    

a silver linked-chain hung limp from its necktrailed back from where it emerged 

the chain went taut

                     a naked twometretall ginger woman holding the leash stepped onto the path behind the Dodo

Goeysterhoevenhoofensnare hadnt ceasedthe harmonica symphony still played she was a handsome woman wellproportioned 

                  spoke to him inside his headher lips unmoved  she welcomed him forward he kept a keen eye on the Dodos jaws the Dodo appeared to hear and understand   Come forward   DOWNDodo crouched    Come forward

 

just beyond Dodo strike he stopped

 

    she smiled 

it wasnt malignant

it wasnt kind either

  Sit she said as she sat herself 

                                   then lying backunsettling earth it smoked around  her Dodo ignored the talcum curlinground and over it  its black beady eyes steady on him

she was a vision

                     odd he didnt find himself interestedaroused by her 

he didnt sitGoeysterhoevenhoofensnare he didnt want to place himself at a disadvantage in jeopardy

Sit she insisted

answering her inside his head No thank you

Sit and Ill tell you how to stop the soundstop the name repeating in your head

he smiled  You mean like this 

                               his dreamed-selfdreaming-self woke

he took the pen and tablet from the bedside table and wrote  Goeysterhoevenhoofensnare

                                                                                                          not that he thought hed forget

0630,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  26  10. 22

1329,  Thursday,  27  10. 22 

Godspeed You! Black Emperor  Mladic  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cza3QPEG7Mk

she would say she had a late night

hed say he had an early morning

their late nightearly morning twined like snakes

he shagged

she shagged

they nearly turned each other inside out 

                                           he thought they looked might attractive insides out

she thoughtoccasionally he was nuts

Nuts for youbaby

You say the sweetest things.

before they went serpent she reminded him her parents were arriving in the morning and while not prudish they would be taken back by a man who she hadnt mentioned in her bed 

  he nodded 

              even they were AMAZED at how consumed they were with each other since meeting eight days earlier

he beat her to the punch 

                          Where ya been all my life

You’re stepping on my line.

I checked the script Its mine

Check again.  I rewrote it.

he pantomimedpicked it up off the café table in the coffee shop pulled at the knee of his slacks with his free hand crossed his leg opened it with both hands briskly snapping it read Hmmed leaned forward placing it on the table went to his pocket removed an imaginary pen  altered it

                                                       Ifya look now youll see its my line

she acted like she spun it to face her looked  placed her purse on her lap I’ll get a pen out. We can do this all day long.

he cleared his throathis fist to his mouth took it away If you donmind  Id rather do something else all day long 

                                                                                                                      winked

she smiledwinked back Let’s table it for now . . maybe we’ll wrestle for itbest of onehundredanone matches.

Why put a number on it

You’re right . . why?

  not to blow her parents minds 

                                  before the rising sun painted the room he silently got out of bed dressedenough kissed her templeshe didnt move and left

he walked the four miles to his placethey lived four miles from each other for seven years  waste and laid in bed without undressing two of his cats curled up against him one between his legs tucked up to his crotch the other in his armpit head on his chest over his heart no sooner they nestledLIGHTS OUT

 

the phone rangwoke him

it could go to hell

if it was someone they could go to hell

robocall

robobozos getting clever 

                         they dont engage if they havent a guppy on the line  eyeball on the rednwhite bobber

cats didnt move

he played dead

fell back to sleep

hed wake up when he woke up

unless robobozo called again 

     odds were good it would  they badgeredstrategy to get at least an irate human on the line

0944,  Thursday,  27  10. 22

1059,  Thursday

Godspeed You! Black Emperor  Monheim  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyeqT4KSKuw