there hadnt been anything bad since Elmer

                                               if bad was succinct for selfdefense  bludgeoning the man

his right to defend his home his body

bad

       was the cops try as they may to make something other stick  some addled fiction

had seen one too many movies streamed cop serials

                                                         that

an he an half of them  disliked one another would spit

                                                           sparredboxed at the local gym

he rattled some eyeteeth

cops dont like getting beatup at what they think is their game

                                                                 they lacked imaginationlacked knowledge of his history

lacked empathy not a job requirement

    lacked his smarts

                          where Elmer fell down too hadnt played the game out to a finale

thought he lacked what the cops thought he lacked

analogue

           Checkers Chess didnt roll that out unless awfully apropos

Checkers Chess

                  Fuckin yahoos

 

bad had its occasions with him

                                    must have been bored  decided to try its hand again

when bad visited him as a kid defended his ethnicity badly got knocked to shit his Maw turned him over to his uncle who was connected with Golden Gloves

                                                  Joe. Could you do something for him?

his Uncle Joe did

                 did to the point where his uncle didnt say but made him understand he could be lethal

all he said was  Be smart.

 

he didnt go looking for bad

 

when bad was bored it found him  

1430,  Monday,  16  6. 25

0953,  Wednesday,  18  6. 25