he couldnt nod offNope

                        spent a week backEast Midwest two hour time difference              

while he was there he treated it as real time

when the sidewalks rolledup no one wandered the neighbourhood he squeezed those two hours for all they were worth

when his father said goodnight at Eleven Nine his time he rolled with Ninehed recoup when he got home it was only a week  hed cheat himself

at Home

         he couldnt lie to his catsthey were on him queen october  she poked him with the tine of a nailtapped the crystal of her Atomic watch with it Let’s get a move on, Poncho. Time to rise an shine like ya like to say.

Poncho. thats what they affectionately called him

                                                           wondered what their unaffectionate appellation was  

yah Poncho okay he was no Cisco Kid

                                         Wha time is it

Time you got on your feet/off your ass an fed us, we’re starving.  You’re obliged.

cats arent as independent as they think he thought 

                                                       Who said we think?we’re woundup. We intuit, you get into it. We’re Nature’s Way.

Me too

Don’t flatter yourself.

Coudbe

Shut your piehole. Time to eat.

Yes Okay   as he said he only cheated himself

                                                   which reminded him of some forgotten chucklehead who at some forgotten time said I’ll sleep when I’m dead.

hed be dead

that aint sleep

a dirt nap

Jesus . .

. . Not now a mariachi

You return to the city return a gangster  Yare gonnabe cremated

Were going to be cremated

You croak we jump ship

threw him a curve

                   he had trouble hitting curves laid down bunts had the speed to beat the throw 

whawas mariachis name was no Nat King Cole forgettable guys remember girls names guys didnt have a thing he wanted anif a guy remembered his name he was suspect nothing on his menu for them   a bust in the mouth remembered her Davida a Jewess from Brooklyn howd they pack all that on her small frame he wisecracked something crass Yawanna a bust in the mouth? he eyeballed her breasts she cracked him across the face openhanded immediately felt bad she did I’m sorryso sorry, can I help you feel better? I’ve never slapped anyone before.

he thought first time for everything  eyeballed her breasts again

                                                                    she cracked him a second time 

he didnt see guysthey didnt exist

it was later when Davida called him criminally hetero

   feeling badcompounded she agreed to go out with him

criminally hetero

                   she had good reason

on their first date he ravished her

she asked

            he ravished her a second time

Ravished?

Whawoud you call it

I’ve never been before.

                        he felt bad for her

though to her creditfor her part she was willing well-oiled  supple

                                                                      had he known he would have begun slower but  one bitehe craved her ate her like messy ribsgnawed her to the bonesnapped em sucked out her marrow

   afterwards  thats how she wanted to be taken

it was only a matter of time before she mentioned she had become was bondagecurious

        

in the air approaching Phoenix – 1400,  day-between-2-Ts,  20  9. 23

1303,  Monday,  16  10. 23

Spirit  Nature’s Way  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvQa04JP73o

Nat King Cole  Unforgettable  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF7kOq0peAU