he wasnt in the habit of being anywhere

when someone posedoffered  invited him to a get together

                                                                  Who with

his first question

Where

When

should have been a dick

cut to the chase

times awastin

his social skills wandered out the backdoor some time ago

                                                               hed left it open encouraged them

Lettin our hair down boys Don have to jump through hoops nomo

no sooner than he stepped aside they hustledbolted out

                                                           hollering over their shoulders Seeya you big lug

he wasnt

his skills had no comparisons

a captive audience

he feigned well

                 though easy to fake Ignoramuses

some believe they were dinosaurs from the   . . . you know . Dinosaur Age . . yah . that.

   Which

Then.

The Mesozoic

                So which we talkin Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous hed bet if he were a bettin man Jurassic probably heardfiltered in Jurassic Park franchise

Yah, that one, it.

Jurassic

Sure.

couldnt stand watchin a dog chase its tail

                                              he let it go

it was a family invite

                       AH

tyranny of family

tough to sidestep

he had some remnantmodicum of civility  sociability

                                                         though razsore thin

chalkscribbled graffiti  a brick wall

talkin real thin

   he conceded

Ten A M

FUCK

       have to set an alarm

shower

   wash his hair

                   usually oncemaybe a week

usually brushed it out

in the shower the shampoo it leaked into his eye

                                                   he flashed back to being a boySOAP IN HIS EYE  BURN

yah it burned

but he wasnt a boy

it was delicious to have a flashback without aid of hallucinogens

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