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
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