he woke

            not really woke     materialised  a return to consciousness

turnedright off his back onto his side assumed the fetal position

                                                                       an unexpectedly found  

found a sweet spoteverything aligned cradled comforted shoulders arms wrists fingers legs neck head sighed

          Awww   Perfect

    he wrangled absolute  believed   absolutely

                                                   though notsomuch  perfect   perfectly

was an exceedingly rare commodity when he tried to sleep

sleep usually followed exhaustionwrestling an octopus after an uncomfortable tedious search for a position

then somewhatcomforted

                           ride out that which streeamed through his head

he didnt fall asleep

he blacked out 

               bludgeoned he liked to think put out of his misery                                                          

it wasnt queer to fallmiserably by degrees  asleep

 

  

 

    it  was sweet

queen october jumped onto the bed mewed hoppedup atop his hip highest point in the bed  and reclined

   purred

could feel her vibration

                         didnt cost him a quarter  Magic Fingers   John Houghtaling

                                                                                                Houghtingling 

1958 entrepreneur inventor

    shit like that streamedplayed hidenseek  and he was perpetually It

octobers warmth melted into his hip spreadcross his pelvis to the other descended his femurs crawledup his spine his brain floweredwent off like fantasticallycoloured muted Fourth of July fireworks

                                                                                               he went with it

    when he woke sunsplashed wall

                                                  had to have been at least an hour

got the show on the road

made his bed

slipped on sweatpants a tshirt

urinated

checked the travel alarm on the bookcase in the studio

                                                            an hourtwenty later than when he was usually up

cats in the livingroom looked at him

Hey gang sorry about tha

                              Happens so rarely I had to take took advantage of that sweet spot

which sounded

                  sounded like taking advantage of a teenaged girl

Easter AMishmash,  Sunday,  20  4. 25