after a brief conversation with his brotherhis wife pulled him away for something that couldnt wait

                                                                                                         that would be the extent of them talking

a family gathering

it was huge

the hellosgoodbyes were designated

lotsa luck in-between

too many people

too little time

after their brief conversation  others

after all the goodbyes

after sharing a nightcap with his Dad  always Drambuie

after his Dad went to bed

                            he thoughtspooled out  considered his brother was a cremator not that hed be a death row prisonerbut what if he knew he was to have his last meal

what would it be

he ponderedhad another Drambuie scribbled down some ideassome fantastic most modest   realistic

put his pen down on the paper

went into the livingroom pulled out the sleeper sofa made the bed

did his toiletry

opened the window across the endtable for fresh air and going to sleep mused over the list he made

in the morning he woke stripped the bed folded the bedding closed the sleeper dressed made coffee

he poured himself a cup and sat at the kitchen table  mused over the list  crossedout some ideas

Good morning, son. he was in his robe pajamas slippers

Excellent mornin Dad Im with you he got up from the table crossed the kitchen to hug and kiss him Yasleep well

I did, thank you.  You made coffee.

I did Hope its the way ya like

Smells good, smells the way mine does.

Thas a positive Why don ya sit I brought the paper in have it at your place  Ill bring you a cup

Don’t mind if I do. Any good news?

I didnt get into the paper thought Id leave the honor to you

So I can tell you.

Exactly Why read if youll tell me as you read

                                                 he always stayed with his father when he visited

this like the nightcap was what they didhad done for years

tradition

          yammered across the tablethe same table he sat at as a boy with his father on weekends after finishing his paper route they were the only two up rest of the family still fast asleep

they prattled

 

What time is it? his father asked

No idea but the coffees gone

Time to get dressed. Would you like to go out for breakfast?

Woud think its nearly lunch Dad

Would you like to go out for lunch, my treat.

We can do tha sure he stoodcrossed to his fathers side of the table and helped him up once he was standing he went to hug him  Not too hard son, I don’t want to wet us. they laughed he hugged him gentlykissed him again  I love ya Dad Sure is nice to be with you again

I love you too, son, it is real nice to have you home again.

 

he sat down again after his father left the kitchen  

had halfcup cold coffee

sipped it as he went down the list again

he pickedup his pen emphatically circledcircledcircled the meal chub of Liver sausage carawayseed rye bread onion horseradish almond peanut M & Ms quartcarton whole milk

1054,  Sunday,  17  9. 23

1221,  Reggaefriday,  6  10. 23

Max Richter  Written on the Sky  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VonndzPDoYM

somebodys got to do it

think about all the things somebodys got to do that you wouldntcouldnt be paid to do 

theyre willing to pay you handsomely

                                         but nothings that handsome

smacks of . . . I wouldnt have sex with you if we were the last people on Earth

How long you been doing that

                               he was talking to his brother they livethe entire country apart hes makes trips to return to visit  the price exacted of having been the only sibling to leave   rest of the family live within an hour of each other

Its been a long time yah

I’ve been doing it twenty-three years.

he said it like someone whos been incarcerated and counting down the daysknows precisely  soon  so near yet so far but soon

Youre called a cremator

I don’t know. Is that what I’m called?

Its wha you do

I do. I didn’t know what I did had a name.

 

somebodys got to do it

0847,  Sunday,  17  9. 23

1055,  Reggaefriday,  6  10. 23

Deconstruct the government!

                               yaps Bannon

what makes him yap?

the formers yanking him

no surprise 

             this has been the Republican point of view since Day One of the formers administration it hit the ground running  recall his Inaugural American Carnage speech

it wasnt that long ago

he remembers like it was yesterday

                                        maybe because he takes his vitamins daily

they offset what he calls American Amnesia

 

1951,  Thursday,  5  10. 23

1015,  Reggaefriday,  6  10. 23

https://www.npr.org/2017/03/06/518403153/trump-has-many-jobs-unfilled-is-he-deconstructing-the-administrative-state

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/20/donald-trump-transition-of-power-president-first-speech

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4650187/president-trump-delivers-inaugural-address

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/full-text-donald-trump-inauguration-speech-transcript-233907