it was a curious pry bar hackingbreaking
intocrumbling the fascade of his dreams
they threw their hands upwere usually formidablerefused
incursionsinterlopers however watching from
afar his dreaming-self scratched his noggin they were conceding allowing accessbeing pliable he rarely saw them afford that they gave something consideration
he tuned in listened
wasnt one to eavesdrop
he heard a recurringechoing line
stale pale pink stick of
gum
suddenlywoke
wasnt dreaming no mo
a kid again
TOPPS gum
baseball trading cards
likely they knew they werent
enticing or inducing him with the gum
hed openunfold the wrapper break
the gum into bits stuff them in his mouth pretend
it was plugwhat was plug pretend a spitting
pitcher on the mound concentrating shaking his head no or nodding at handsignals from
his catcher
the gum
dispatched hed suck in a breath as he turned to the thrill of discovering what
five cards he purchased blind he couldnt
remember a time after collecting for a bit he again got five new cards often one rare two he hadnt collected
his
baseball cards
he wondered when his mom
threw them away
maybe it was around the same time
she caught him with Playboys
loosely 1 Corinthians
13 verse 11
I put away childish things when I became an
ejaculating boy
she ditched them
he didnt know when but he didnt miss them
at least not until now didnt know then that his mother didnt have his
back
stale pale pink stick of gum
phonaesthetic
Tolkien Watch your skinnyass Im comin for you
his dreaming-self humouring him
his dreamed-self blinkedfretted
Where did my flooded front yard go the
sod green grown long swaying like seaweed under the glass of the surface white black-polkadotted pufferfish swelled
like balloonswinked at him How long can
you hold your breath, boy? fuckin
puffers hold his breath they werent holding their breaths how stupid did they think he
was his mother only found an occasional Playboy misdirection his treasure-trove remained safe
out of harms way
stale pale pink stick of gum
he his twilight crew concurred
dreams were cool too
each and all on the same page
prior to 0700, Reggaefriday,
16 12. 22
0636preferred
to 1836, Reggaefriday
