he stood on a cobblestone streetcurbs made of coarsemined limestone slabs and watched four blackjacketed black slacks booted men dismount a horsedrawn freight wagon brandishing long T-handled meat boning hooks

they dropped the tailgate

inside lay a man handsbound behind his back  ankles trussed   floursack over his head

                                                                                                 he writhed

men said something he couldnt distinguished

                                                 respondent laughterloud   coarse

they yanked him out by his shoulders 

                                         he landed on his back

they screamedMOVE

                           he unable  wormwiggled

savagely they hooked him pullindragginim in one direction then another

                                                                             bloodcurdling screams

shook the hooks free

                       rehookedshrieks   shook

savagelyslashed

                    rehooked

    it is hard to move in opposite directions at once

they moved him in four directions

  

near 2AM,  Thursday,  7  8. 25

1603,  Thursday,  7  8. 25