he walked down through trees into a homeless camp at the rivers edge

man had a crude barbecue going turning a small animal on a length of rebar heldup between crotches of hacked green wood

       man stoodhis back to the water as he approached

Easy friend  Got canned vegetable Im happy to share

he was wary

Whas on the spit

Cat.

       Eat cat?

Cant say I have  Why not

It’s cat.

Youre eatin

I am.  I have.

Yasayin its an acquired taste

Don't know. You look wellfed.

Have been  I was passin through smelled the roast saw the fire

                                                                      Thought we coud break bread  Converse

Im walkinaway after

                       Thought yamay like friendly company

You think a lot.

More than ya know

                       As I said  Converse company eat    I can walk away now

You got money?

abruptly None of your business

he shifted on his feet

                         I was thinkin . .

. . Don

          Converse company eat  Im gone

   came down off his high horsesquatted on his heels

                                                         What vegetables?

Canned mustard greens  Ought to go good with cat   Couple tatters we can toss in the fire

Any liquor?

No

Sure.

 

pulled haunches off the roast placed them on scrubbed boards  Catsup?

Catsup Thank you donmind if I do

                                        You from the South

Whyya ask?

I call it ketchup Illinois  Ive only heard it call catsup in the South

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Black Milk  Brain  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNiY4XoTGV8

. . . Damn.

  Whastha

Dammit.

              Forgot that I was going to say.

It happens to the best of us an youre certainly the best of us

laughed

         Small sample size, man.

Tough to get a lot of people in on a telephone call

                                                   Videocallwhich I woud not be party to weel then   youd remain the best of us

Would you stop it?

Is it coming back

You’ve distracted me.

I was hoping that perhaps turning you roundanround ya might get a look in a mirror ansee wha it was tha slipped your mind

Oh. My mind wasn't following.   It was staring.

                                                   Threshold.

Threshold

Threshold amnesia.

Thas a little severe

It has another name, monike . .

. . Doorway effect

Yes.

      That’s it.

I like your enthusiasm

So you’re familiar with it?

I am HappensI believe when were jugglin a lot of balls  We react to a thought tha weve not processed thoroughly paid attention to glanced We react It laughs like a mischievous child an runs off

                                                                                We stand there with our dicks or whaever in our hands Whawas I thinkin

he laughed

             There’s that.

Yah theres tha

 

Anything

   Nope.  Left.

                    Not even a forwarding address.

Bastard

          All alone in the world

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Im really overjoyed by names that dictate destine individuals to their later professions  unerringly

   he tipped his head There’s a lot to unpack in that remark.

he damn near tipped his head in kind How so

                                                  Seems mighty direct to me

Names dictate?  They destine?

                                      Unerringly?

Yes

I suppose you have examples, not one, but exampl . .

. . Off the top of my head four

   Right off the top of your head?

Yah

      Ill give you one Give it some thought   Ill bet seeing where Im going youll probably be able to think of someone too

Think of someonelike . . someone I would know?

Correct I knowknew three of the four  the fourth was related to me by a woman who knew him

Him.  Are all your examples men?

Yes

So do you mea . .

. . I do not

            I don believe theyre sex specific The four Ill mention happen to be men

Names dictating destining . their professions.

Yes Hear me out

All ears.

Played college ball with a guy named Hammer middle linebacker  went on to play in the pros

Oh.

Yasee

I do.

Slaughter . .

. . You knew a butcher or a murderer? I know you did a stint as a news reporter.

Dr Slaughter Plastic surgeon   Gotta enjoy the sarcasm

                                                             Dr Bonebrake  Family physician internist

Funhuh

barely a nod That’s three.

The fourth Her O B G Y N 

                             Yawanna guess

No. You say.

Dr Oleck  

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