Ifya kill something was thinking of all the crushed squirrels on neighbourhood streets where nobody ought to be driving faster than twentyfive miles an hour  kill something  you should eat itWrong  Wrong wrongwrong   I misspoke

What do you mean?

I meant

           Ifya kill something  you ought to eat it

You didn’t misspeak.

I did

        Should   Ought

Different by degrees

Not in my book.

    No   Not in yours

                              But youre not careful with words

Is that a crackyou . demeaning me?

No

You demean yourself

Christ.

         You’re a pric . .

. . Thas been established  Prick

                                      Not new not news

Motherfuckers cant even pull over to the side of the road stop remove the animal from the roadId Id makeem eat it

I wouldn’t eat a squirre . .

. . I have

Shot them ate them

Rabbits  Pigeons

If a rat was parkednested alongside a corn field

                                                       Id eat it

I think meateaters woudnt eat meat if they had to kill the animal dress it out cut it up

                                                                                           I have

Cattle pig goat chicken duck geese grouse deer elk

Killed

Ate

Instead they mosey refrigerated aisles toe up to butcher counters purchase plasticwrapped butcherpapered meatno idea where the cuts are from  disconnected from the living being tha was killed

                                                                                             Tender Is the Flesh

Leave it to a woman to write

 

    No

Youre not careful with words  

1828,  Thursday,  18  12. 25

1744,  Thursday – Merry Christmas Happy Holidays Happy Hanukkah,  25  12. 25

The Buoys  Timothy  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRxLszM_VoU

A weed is a plant out of place. Let me repeat that. A weed is a plant out of place. I find a hollyhock in my cornfield, and it’s a weed. I find it in my yard, and it’s a flower.

                                                                    Jim Thompson  The Killer Inside Me

particularly  he related to plants out of place

                                                   being one himself

Cannah etim grow ahup ike dat. his grandmother said in broken English

                                                                                                wasnt bad for a Polish immigrant

up like that

                lefthanded      Eevil

bound his hand shut when is mother left him in her care

                                                                      until one warm afternoon

when she returned home early

                                  lost her shit on her mother

they growledwent after each other in Polish voices growing louder loudershrill more shrill

one fighting for his soul

other fighting for himhis nature

 

     he was a weed

make no mistake about it

he didnt grow up evil

but he grew up something   other

                                              and doing so

     has yet to find his yard  

2218,  Tuesday,  23  12. 25

1653,  Thursday – Merry Christmas Happy Holidays Happy Hanukkah,  25  12. 25

she looked nothing like Santa Clausnot that she had to  but like him   she crushed it

    Joe?  said so on the watered box

                                          I’m Erin.

Erin  Joe

chuckledrolled her eyes

                     That was a stupid question. 

Joe may have a roommate or boyfriend  Not stupid

                                                            Looks like my Christmas package  From Grinch

Yes. eyes grew big   Grinch?

My daughter shes funny thaway

                                     Takes after me    In more ways than I woud have imagined

Why would you say that?

Im a prick

cringed  That’s ah . . . that’s . quite an admission.

I make not for myself alonebut  for entitled white men everywhere

                                                                           Pricks

she tried to suppress her laughter

Let it go

she rocked the porch with her hahas

                                           You're hilarious.

Im honest

                  My packageIve been losing my mind over it past two days Thought the post office lost it I was all over them today  They said they coudnt promise me anythingworking through a contractor I reminded them they made a transaction with my daughter accepting her money the package

A promise

    Anlook at you Fulfilling their obligation

Yaoughta head over Friday an draw a checkthank you

                                                             Thank you thank you thank yamade my Christmas   Truly

Erin handed him the boxtucked it under his arm

                                                     Comere kiddo I need to give you a hug

she stepped into his arm

they hugged firmly

    I thought I might not see this

It was at my neighbor’s. They’re out of town. I’m watching their place and saw it in the rain, then I saw it wasn’t their name, their address I had to bring it over.

                                                            It's Christmas.

Youre a goddess  Youve made my Christmas

                                                    I cant tellya how happy I am 

 

no sooner inside he called his daughter

told her what transpired

she was relieved

                   I told Erin she was far better lookin than Santa 

Jeez, Papa.

 

 

opening her repackaged package this morning

                                                had to get it out of its wet clotheseyes closeddidnt see A THING  he talked with his daughter and as he did he commented on all the tins of fish oysters mussels cocklesChrist

              two in particular

Fried Mussels in Marinade  lyrical

                                       though his favourite  hands down

Stickleback in Pickled Sauce  poetic

                                       he yelled into the phone  TakethaTolkien

Cellar door my ass

                    

0846,  Thursday – Merry Christmas Happy Holidays Happy Hanukkah,  25  12. 25

1508,  Thursday

Elvis Presley  Blue Christmas  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6WnnZRSKYs

there are tools  and then there are gimmicks

   there are doctors

                         then  there are snake oil hawkers

has a wellheeled buddy

                             who cant tell the difference between any of the above so acquires them all

    until

their novelty weears off

 

What do you think of this? showed him a mod wristband

                                                              he remembered when his girls were young they used to braid colouredstring and beadsfashioned him bracelets

                                                                    maaan  if he didnt sport them

boss told him they were unprofessional  Lose them.

    Who do you think youre talking to

flinched     recovered  I said they’re unprofessional.

Tell tha to the people Ive brought onboard this companyAsk

                                                                   You don  I will

An Ill tell them whaya said

                                     Who  the  hell  do you think you are

 

. . . Wha is it

They’re called WHOOP/AURA Straps.

WHOOP for fitness optimization.

AURA  Physique and hydration tracking.

Tracks how I sleep too.

 

    And 

And since Ive begun wearing it you wouldn’t believe how well my numbers have been going.

A I

What?

A I aided

I don’t know, probably, imagine, I don’t know.

                                                          I don’t know.

A I programmed to   flatter you

I don’t thin . .

. . You don  know

Lemme put it this wayprobably shoud have said this

                                                                 Encouraging you

Woudya go with  encouraging you

I would.

    Ohkay  You run with tha

Ill run with flattery

227preferred,  Thursday,  18  12. 25

2052,  Wednesday,  24  12. 25

Lynn Anderson  Flattery Will Get You Everywhere  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDN76Itsfmo