the alarm disliked it with extreme prejudice clock woke him at Fourfortyfive

shaved

        Managements earnest suggestion  who knew they bothered with what he looked like  his departmental work was peerless 

heard the coffee machine start

showered

dressed

entering the kitchen turned on News radio

as a bagel toasted he poured himself a bowl of Cheerios topped with Grape-Nuts sliced banana tumbled blueberries

filled his thermos with black coffee poured himself a cup

SAT

breakfast finished News hadnt irritated him too much  he relaxed  looked out the window through wisteria into the grassy courtyard at the rear of the condo

                                    finished his coffee

going to stand to do the dishes his legs didnt work

                                                     his ass  numb

bottom of the coffeecup  grime   wasnt grounds

he licked the end of his pinkie swiped it tasted it

                                                   bitter

his wakeup was drugged

he swallowed his coffee in good faith without scepticism

                                                                    preferred C to K didnt need to be remindedunderstood KEPT

his scepticism     

Christ

        wasnt Six yet

he didnt concern himself with being poisoned

    by someone he loved or cared for

someone

           who had access to him

 

it would have been awfully nice to get back into bed

                                                         even if he was dressed made him chuckle

0510ishness,  Sunday,  10  2. 08

0923,  day-between-2-Ts,  28  8. 24