a friends kidbrother was wayway  waay ahead of the times 

                                                                 tattooed randomly  lacked theme coherence

which wasnt fairtruth be told  had the mind of a child

if he had tats he would not 

                            they wouldnt be eclectic disparate randomimages floating on skinspace like so much outerspace trash  no symmetry

Hey man welcome

Yeah.

Im happy you decided to come along with your brother for the game

Yeah.

Its rugby

My brother said football.

A kind of football Have a beer  Ill put out coldcuts later

Jesus, rugby. I don’t even know what that is . .

. . But youve heard of it   An theres lotsa ya don know

Jesus. Where’s the beerI’m having more than one.

Outside on the porch in the coldchest  When your brother said you were comin I asked him what you drank  I picked it up for you

he turned to go out the screen door

Hey 

he turned back 

When someone gives you consideration yasay thanks 

                                                          Ya know better than tha

begrudging the dressdown Thanks.

he ignored his tone Youre welcome Enjoy help yourself

He’s something. Thanks for having him over.

No sweat

            Its thoughtful of you to ask to include him

Yeahyeah. I’m trying to put some separationspace in place. He thinks every time I'm going hang with my friends he should be able to come out with me. The folks think the same.

                                                                 I’m trying to break two horses at the same time.

I imagine I also got you your beer

HA

    Arent you the sweetest thing on two feet?

Youll never know how sweet

                                they laughed together

Shit  Your brother said ya got another tattoo

Yeah, they’re cool.

What this time

A wolf I saw in a comicbook.

You don read  Who showed it to you

Nobody. I was walking past a newsstand, saw it in an oriental magazine.

Manga

I don't know, whatever.

Where

On the back of my calf.

Which

My left.

Isnt there a star there

Yeah.

An now a manga wolf

Yeah.

You realise mellpell you soon wont have room for others

Yeah.  Which is why I don like people like you.

Careful  Youre a guest but Ill bounce ya if need be

                                                      Why

put off  Cuz.

Because why

something went off in his voice Cuz you don’t have any.

I  don  have  any

                       Are you jealous

What’s that?

   Upset

          Because I have something you want Space on my skin

Yeah. That’s dumb of you.

So youre like someone Im jealous of someone who is going to read a book see a film for the first time tha I already have

Yeah.  Kinda.

he laughedabruptly

                     in that moment it occurred to him that he hadnt felt that way about losing his virginity

out of the mouths of babes

1318,  day-between-2-Ts,  13  9. 23

0409 preferred,  Sunday,  1  10. 23