Buy me a drink.

he recognised her from the grocers a spit of a young woman

eyed her

           Have you had a drink

A coupleyeah just donwanna put it on a cardbuy me a drink.

                                                                     Pleeease.

so plaintive

also really liked the plead in her face

                                       sincere   her features brightening

backedup with a slight  wee    smile

lips  slightly parted

white teeth parted

pink tongue fit in between

    Youre workin awfully hard kiddo

I am.

       Is it workin’?

Whaya drinkin an I mean   Wha are you drinkin

Beer. Well whiskey.

Ohman

         

           Bartender

fella hustle over  had to be the bouncer too

                                              looking between the him an her Godzilla a civvy duckancoverin between his toes if stomped  humangrapes

                                                 red red wine

Whas your name

he said Grrreg. thats how it came out

Please Two Redbreast doubles neat

                                        looked to her  Name no nametag on    smiled Roselyn.    Whas your beer    What would you recommend?    Adventurous    Yakiddin me?    Greg whas on tap    Lots.    Porters    Zywiec.    On tap    Crazyhuh?    Yasaid it  Two

What’s a porter?

Youll love it its free

they hit it a second time

 

    So Joe, you like little tits?

her stature could only bear little tits

                                      the question made him think hed have to give her a piggyback ride home  if it wasnt too far

Well Rosely . .

. . Ros. Please.

    Ros  Its hard to dislike tits

Do you prefer them?

I prefer what fits the frame

                               Im not a fan of artificial

My tits are all me.

Ive no doubt

But . . . if you like bigger tits on my kind of frame . my roommate.

Where ya goin with this

Take me home so she doesn’t have to come out pick me up

                                                                I believe . . . we’d make it worthwhile.

Ros  Mama didnt raise no fool

she give him that wee smile

                             lips  slightly parted white teeth parted  pink tongue fit in between

 

2317,  Saturday,  31  5. 25

1148,  Sunday,  1  6. 25

UB40  Red Red Wine  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UidFA-dP8GQ

Ken Bruen  quote from The Devil

                                     You come out of a cemetery and it’s but a spit to the nearest pub.

true that

Milwaukee Avenue

cemetery one side for blocks  lotsa dead polacks

                                                      opposite side

Several establishmentsFuck you

                                       Awright awright   Several bars

Old Style on tap

racks of whiskey

                     plenty to chase the blues away

not that they ever caught him 

anesthetised

               they bayedsniffed around  found the tree he wentup

but like Tarzan the Apeman

                               he swung to other trees without his feet touching the ground

inebriated

braided

             but not tied in knots

feet would touched down again in a friends car or hed take a bus to within a few blocks of his parents home

Where have you been? his mother asked

Paulies home from Nam Buried him today

    I put a plate of food in the oven for you.

Thanks Maw

You’re welcome.

she wasnt keen on Paulie

but no onenot even his Maw who had opinions shed rattle off unsolicited  would speak ill of the dead

Nil nisi bonum

she attended enough Latin Masseshad Catholic clergy in the family to know what he said

                                                                                               Yes.

God keep him. because she was over him long before they even got to high school  He’s no good.

Hes a riot

               the dust has settled

ashes to ashes  

dust to dust

itd be a long time before Paulie would molderif ever  pumpedfilled with embalming fluids

                                                                                              if he had good sense he wouldnt have died shot in the back would have died his body obliterated unable to be viewed

Dog tag death

    he wondered what Paulie was thinking

his folks were finally able to tamp him down

theyd visit him frequently to remind him

AwPaulie   Paulie      Paulie

                                   he mused over meat loaf corn niblets roasted potatoes green salad from the frig

         but try as he may in his alcoholic stupor he couldnt communicate with the dead

 

. . . but a spit to the nearest pub.

2258,  Saturday,  31  5. 25

1037,  Sunday,  1  6. 25

    eejits

             regarded as too obvious or inapposite to be mentioned

how could he not

eejits

       just the double Es alone  E  E  J I T S  is tasty hoping someone other than he could feel it

hes known double Ds

                             double Es

he was unable to resist

                         its temptation   dare hehe dared  teemptations   teemingtemptations

    was anyone feelin him

felt like talking to an empty theatre

howd he get in

he snuck

entered through the EXIT

                            as he did as a kid gang ponyedup to get one in and their job was to go to the front of the theatre as the previews light fluttered hypnotichypnotising glittering light lunged at the door in rushed a slew

                thick ushers

useless redjacketed phalanx at the back of the theatre trying to make time with candypopcorncounter girls

woefully inept

                they rushed to the front flashlights burning audiencing BooBooBooing

nice Os

they hadnt a clue who they were looking for

                                               and the gang  wellpractised   poker faces

the clowns returned to the back emptyhanded

    Tell me Im not talkin to an empty theatre

   

2253,  Saturday,  31  5. 25

0918,  Sunday,  1  6. 25

Lady Gaga  Poker Face  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNNeHeFTjtA

a large daddylonglegsnot as large as appleseed walked upsidedown on “air” across the ceiling towards the corner where ingesteddesiccated silkwrapped insectcorpses missing only pretty red bows hung in the web waiting housekeeping

he hoped   perhaps he/she was of appleseeds lineage

                                                             which made him smile 

hoppingup on the pot he stood blew at her/him Its a spider Their sex doesnt matter You can shut your face It does to me  hisher body moved with his breath they bristled they didnt give an inch

                                                                                      which made him miss appleseed all the more

   after three suicide attempts  she leapt into the running bathwaterhe captured her before she went down the drain set her on the sink returned plugged the tub to soak

                                                                  she

became a fixture benevolent stalwart in the corner over the sink where she could see himwatch him while he struggled with an unidentified malady  rheumatologist didnt know what he was talking about Yahsure Doc Load me up with a cancer drugs that might possibly affect my internal organs all in the name of less pain

she monitored him while he took three hot baths a day to keep movinghelp minimise his pain a skosche

    he really really hoped this daddylonglegs was related to appleseed

2013,  Saturday,  31  5. 25

0821,  Sunday,  1  6. 25

you annoy me  –  therefore I exist

 

“been around for a long long year”