he tossed his handUp in the air interrupting 

                                              he was rude that way  if he disagreed he cut the speaker off anto if he didnt understand the context or know what they had just said

not waiting to be recognised Cathead biscuits I don know whatha is

maybe haughty because they were cut off What do you think it is?

I don knowthas why I interrupted 

                                    An old school habit I didnt know but I also knew possibly a majority of my classmates didnt either but werewithout reason too embarrassed to raise their hands to ask 

So I did  

         I don know I ask don guess Ive no problem revealin my ignorance

his head nodded accepted They’re biscuits, buttermilk, size of a cat’s head.

Ah selfexplanatory A Southern item Ive only been through the south on my way to Miami stopping only for gas 

                                                                                                                      Tasty

Ohmy yes. Soul food. Then you’re not familiar with meats and three either? 

No  Edjumacate me

It’s meat with three sides. I’ve heard it described as glorious vittles . .

. . I know vittles don want ya to think Im completely ignorant

HA! We’ve talked before, I wouldn’t describe you as ignorant, often I’m astonishing what comes out of your mouth, your perceptions.

Thank you  I apologise   I interrupted again 

                                               Glorious vittles

Yes. 

     Glorious vittles served with utmost informality . . Hon.

Thanks sweetcheeks 

                      three blackbooted dudes walking past overheard their Hon Sweetcheeks  muttered faggots between them

he leaned back in his chair watched them head out the restaurant 

                                                                       Hey 

Yes.

Care to follow me and knock the starch out of their white collars 

                                                                   A great story they wont be able to tellshare  couple of faggots handed them their ass

   Are you serious?

Comon Itll be fun the element of surprise is daunting 

                                                         Standup for brothers of all stripes

Think we can beat them.

Don know doncare but I don know a lot of things except Im game  game hear me not gay  Though nothings wrong with tha

I haven’t been in a fight forever.

Gets the blood flowing exercise  adrenaline testosterone itll be fun 

                                                                       Lets be freakin apemen know the song

No.

Ah so yare ignorant too

earlier this year, ’23

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Kinks  Apeman  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRHqs8SffDo

it never ceased to amaze him how often he saw things lying on the ground as he walked reading

after pondering it for a long time he came to the conclusion that he recognised  however  something was out of sorts suddenly the surroundings irregular a puzzle piece missing  or didnt fit exactly

   Hmm putting a finger in the book to hold his place he stooped to see what it was in the street gutter 

it rained last night

this wasnt dislodgeddidnt make it to the storm sewer grate

he didnt poke at it with a stick

made out distinctly what it was

standing he looked up the street at a car approaching and wandered into its path waving it down

the driver stopped  through the windshield she more looked irritated not frightened 

                                                                                        he rapped at the passenger window she had just rolled upheard the doors clickLOCK

Excuse me

she pointed to her ear

he pointed to the ground several times rapidly while saying deliberately Crack the window

she cracked it

Thank you for stopping

 

Do you have a cellphone

Yes.

Would you please call 9 1 1 the police have them come to this location Sixtyoneeleven Rosario  Sixtyone eleven

Is there some trouble?

There was Tell them its evidence theyre looking for   Just  evidence

What? curiosity killed the kat

Please  Evidence 

                   Thank you  You can roll up your window again

she didnt 

she called

a car approaching from behind blew its horn and stopped

had to suppose the driver was blinddidnt see a halfblock earlier that she was stopped in the street and that there wasnt any oncoming traffic so they could have gone around

he could hear her talking repeating evidence several times

car blew its horn again 

sonofabitch really was blind  

                              he began walking towards it

driver threw it into reversebacking away enough to easily clear her rearend and sped around it

                                                                                                     because there was no oncoming traffic

he doubledback to her car

she had rolled the window all the way down

                                               They’re dispatching a squad car. which meant two coming from opposite directions to converge on Sixtyone Eleven Rosario

Thank you for taking the timeyour help for stoppingnot  running me over  

she chuckled You’re welcome. 

                                 Is there anything else I can do for youwhat’s your name?

Joe

I’m Gladys.

Thank you Gladys

Is there anything else I can do for you?

he smiled

she smiled pleasantly

Nice dimples Gladys

Oh, thank you. she blushed that was refreshing Nice to start the day off with a traffic stop and a compliment.  she laughed

she handed him her business card In case the police need anything from me. said goodbye and left

walking back to the evidence he pocketed her card

   to himself  almost Thasnot something yasee every day cut himself short  he did see something every day had one was intimate  had also castrated cattle 

                                             in the gutter lay a severed dark scrotum

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“Humanity . . . afraid  the minds we make to do our dirty work for us . . . our killing, our tearing minerals from the earth, our raking of the seas for more protein, our smelting of more metal, the collection of our trash, and the fighting of our wars will rise up against us . . . take over . . . humanity calls it fear. But it isn’t. It’s guilt . . . a revenge fantasy. We are so ashamed of what we have done as a species that we have made up . . . monster(s) to destroy ourselves with. We aren’t afraid it will happen: We hope it will. We long for it. Someone needs to make us pay the price for what we have done. . . So we invent . . . nonsense about conscious AI.”    perceptive

                                                                                    The Mountain in the Sea  Ray Nayler 

he didnt buy humanitys revenge fantasy

   punishment   suicide  She loves me she loves me not she loves me she loves me not daisy petals dandelion petals one counts ahead sees ugly drops the semidenuded flower an plucking another begins again She loves me not she loves me . . . Eeney meeny miny moe  etc etc etc  

   when he knowingly consciously crossed his parents dictates as a little boy his father would tell him

                                                                                                             Go to my closet, pick a belt. 

he had a crazy selection of belts 

                                    he pushed through them looking forfinally a cat o ninetails a goodolfashion bullwhip they werent there 

                              nothing but stout cowhide straps an metal buckles his father put away his straight edge so he couldnt even count on the fierce razor strop   just something to change it up  but it wasnt there 

randomly he grabbed one 

his bare ass inured  the last several lashes his father delivered were across the back of his thighs  Ofcourse 

Gonna have to do better than that Father 

   its punishment long overdue that Humanity needs

PAIN 

        to bring it back collectively  playing non-zero sum games 

or it can go to Hell

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