eyes arent whathey used to be

                                    or so he thought

years ago he participated in a drug trial at Jackson Memorial an came away with 20/15 visiondamn near able to see through womens clothing

                              he was the only participant who did 

was considered an anomaly

wasnt the first time

was in New Awleans

Mardi Gras 

             in a theatre housed in an old building jerryrigged to show a movie on a compromisedscreen

reminded him of some of the smuthouses in Chicago  rolling past he thoughtyuck thoughtwoudntwannabe caught dead in one  if somebodys got a hankeringwere smart  they woudnt attend without a raincoat an hatNOT YELLOWno beggin targeting

            but then

different strokes for different folks

Nicholson Keseys One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest was playing

he wanted to see it in the worst way

matinee

hed been stoned cokedup drunk hashished twoanahaf days

                                                                   the price was right 

a realrummy Hurricane was included with admission

he sat on ricketywood Missionstyle dining chair 

before sitting he tried it 

                        hand at the front of the seat hand on its back pushed realhard

didnt collapse

couple of rows ahead of him somebodys did

he HARHARed coudnt help himselfwoudnt if he coudave

whoever gotup off their back tossed it to the side tookup another chair played Russian roulette  sat 

                                                                                                        it didnt collapse

firedup a crumble of hashish hafway through

fuckin Indian  Chief  Will Sampson escapes through a chainlinked secured window

The End

he applauded as he always didalways does if a film is worthwhile he only went to worthwhile films

when the credits stoppedreel stopped 

                                        as people came upstream he went through them downstream towards a redlighted  EXI    No  thadidnt say tha   EVIL

hed beenup awhile

rubbed his eyes hard

EVIL        

        fuck

like he coud resist tha

                       checked it out  went through the door entered a darkerred hallwayalleyway made him think of developing 35mms shadows loitered ahead he slipped knuckles on that he carried in his jacketNEVER CAN TELL for ballast he carried a blackjack in the other you can take the boy out of Chicago but not Chicago out of the boy

suddenly they rushed him 

                               they didnt KNOW he was leaving Cuckoo  bloodup  out came the sap too

sign was right

   anesthetised bloodied hisantheirs spatting blood he emerged onto a night street thick with haleanhearty costumed people having some fun

THERE

saloon 

          he needed a drink

approxly 2250,  Monday,  28  8. 23

1200,  2sday,  29  8. 23

Chief  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3c2cXiEUHo 

Jon Batiste  We Are  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkpvNaBe0mg