a slow creek

small fries

he spit

smart fries

they didnt rise

                they unlike the koi kept in an artificial pond an artificiallyturned waterwheel at Old Mill Shopping Center when he was a boy

    he hawked a lougie

spit

one or another mottled one torpedoedup and gobbled

                                                        he groaned   but really didnt feel bad

how many times had he hawked a lougie into his throat and given the circumstances had had to swallow it

to this day if asked

                         he maintained his devout pleasure eating raw oysters was fostered by swallowing lougies

the resulting groans

                     also a pleasure to his ears

1340,  Wednesday,  18  6. 25

1033,  Thursday – Juneteenth,  19  6. 25