“I don’t know a fucking thing.”
he didnt the
more he learned the less he knew his daughters
whenever he told them thought he was awfully funny
“That must mean I’m finally sane
and that’s an excellent place to start going crazy again.”
Sane he thought
Doubt it
In saneYah two words
in sane somewhere at the margins in extremis
then the shoe might fit though he preferred going shoeless
liked to be connected to the earth
lightningrod style
an frankly wouldnt bitch if
struck by lightning electrocuted smoky ash gust of wind blowing him like
whell blowing him
as a kid a young man now when visiting the Midwest placed an order
that someone in the family take on the responsibility of doing a raindance
HEAVY RAIN LIGHTNING & THUNDER in
extremis because when it arrived – theyve
not failed him yet – he strippedput on a pair of shorts an ran madly backanforth
upandown his parents enormous frontyard making
a spectacle of himself if someone other than his parents saw his mother If you
keep tempting Fate, it’s gonna strike you down with a lightning bolt! You
think of a better exit than tha
I’ll have to think about that. then laughed wholeheartedly
once a year for years he visited
she was still thinking it over
SANITY
OVERRATED
February, 2024
1022, Reggaefriday,
22 3. 24
quotes from The Killing of the
Tinkers by Ken Bruen
