peacenik

    well

           that turned out far better than he feared hes a pessimist  counts on the dark side of human nature  regards the majority of human animals in their heart of hearts are selfish

                                                        hence    zero-sum

no ties in professional sports

                               has to be a winner

has to be a loser

anif one has to cheat or lie to win

                                     thats okayawright  thats in the playbook

if not 

       ones not trying hard enough

The Art of War

Machiavellis The Prince

1984

         not John Lennon

 

punch a peacenik in the mouth

which he encouraged provoked

                                   was because

sliding the punch hed retaliate huffing blowing snot

hes not supposed to be mopping the floor with a big bad wolf

                                                                 their canines dancing crazily  chicklets on a wood floor

 

    their cat didnt die

they just didnt like 9Lives

                             prefers Fancy Feast    

1600,  Monday,  5  1. 26

John Lennon  Give Peace a Chance  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEztCyoy96A&list=RDtEztCyoy96A&start_radio=1

This cant be good news he said to himself

on the railing to the front porch he found thirteen cans of cat food

                                                           9Lives

Hearty Cuts

With Real Turkey in Gravy

With Real Chicken & Fish in Gravy

With Real Chicken & Beef in Gravy

                                      Fivepointfive OZ                                                               

five With Real Turkey in Gravy

                                  which suggests  at least fifteen cans were originally bought

This cant be good news

he was pestering himself

Why

  chuckled  Whyknot

 

the last time cans were given to him were when his neighbours cat died

                                                                              theyve since got a dog Murphy

theres another domicile on the hilltop that houses two flats

each flat has dogs a dog

each a cat

occasionally he sees them in the windows

he has indoor cats but is visible when he feeds four ferals twice a day

                                                                                    hes that guy

the ascetic the hermit who prefers his company to those of othersprefers animals to human animals

 

This cant be good news

                            he expects hell find out sooner or later and if it is what he thinks has happened will likely cry long ago he crushed any shame assumed or associated as weakness if a man should cry

  They cant

They aint men

1334,  Monday,  5  1. 26

Cat Stevens  Changes IV  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhx5UbQPIKg

Yagonna clean the potatoes out of your ears mariachi queried  Or do ya prefer hearing things other than wha was said

   Admittedly I do enjoy tricking myself  youyour cohorts

Why

Whyknot

            Pretzels  not pretzel sticks pretzel rods   Give  me  knots

Sometimes youre a child

Excuse me sometimes a manchild

                                        When it serves my purpose     Although

Playing is far too much for me to resist

You heard

I did

Anwha did ya hear

Whaya heard

You werent humoured

We thought you were being ridiculous

                                          An those two who think they know youya repeatedly keep blowinem out of the water

Easy targets

Arent as imaginative

No no  I believe they have imaginations

                                            The whyknots I dump in their ears an in the next breath another next another   Hard  Id admit   Hard to keep up with mesometimes I cant keep up with myself

 

Wet sex

Jah

From  I don’t like wet socks.

Thaswha she said

Translated

Jah  I don like wet sex

                           Who doesnt like wet sex                                                       

You coud validate her dislike of wet socks

No

       Addressing socks woud muddyup sex      I heard you

Heard

Jah

         Cantankerous

Shit  You can hear us

Jah

       Exactly how I can allow  or not   you access to my thoughts                                                                                       

1500,  Sunday,  4  1. 26

1338,  Monday,  5  1. 26

he pickedup the crystal tumbler Whos drink is this

                                                       they were drinking Black Label Jameson  large Guinness pints  the tandems called Bruen  named in honour of Ken Bruen  Irish noir writer  and his penultimate creation  Jack Taylor  went eighteen deep with Jack before he died last year he was still grieving

briskly they were turning roundanabout the table over a game of Nineball  no sooner had he missed a shot lifted his glass to lips his host missed and it was his turn again

they moved their glasses place to place setting them down over and over  he lost track which was his  felt something like a Shell Game  thimblerig

                                             Whos drink is this

there was a third but she preferred not to play Cutthroat  said shed rather watch

                                                                                       The correct answer is, when in doubt take the fullest.

the fullest was near himat hand  his  he quaffed

                                                      Damn thas good

It might have been mine. said his host

Or it might not have been

host looked to third

                        You have any idea, we’ve been shuttling here and there, who’s drink it was?

His now.

You didn’t answer my question.

I believe she did

                   Preferred not to tarry with semantics

Its mine

          Youd be better off to pay more attention to the game youve lost four now

Two were bullshit wins.

Nine fell  Beauty of slop  Game benefits me because Im a banger

                                                                      Last two games though were works of art

Even your taunt in the third  anybody could win out from here  failed as I ran the remaining four

 

It’s yours.

             If you’d have asked me who’s drink it was I could have told you.

Then why an I quote It might have been mine

 

A taunt

host smiled third giggled

                           Ya useem so regularly I have half a mind to cry as if I were before an assembly of militarymen Atauntion  to watchem snap their backbones erect click heels   Atauntion

Attention.

third hadnt a clue

You weren’t in the military.

I was in the Civil Air Patrol cadet program and was drilled and marched and know Attention when officers entered a room

                    Bunch of juvenile blackshirts brownshirts silvershirts

When I realised tha I was adios

Closest I ever came to submitting to anythingtakin orders

                                                               Was probably the last time

You?

       Since Ive known younah, not so much.

No

 

Glad we got the tumbler sorted out  Your break

1727,  Sunday,  4  1. 26

1219,  Monday,  5  1. 26

https://gristlyhistory.blog/2023/01/26/thimblerigging-how-to-play-the-shell-game/

requiem for coffeemaker

                           Proctor Silex  12-cups  ON/OFF switch  no bells or whistles

Model 442A

discontinued

                 he purchased it October 16, 2020 to replace a failed Model 442A that was     old  years

easily five

she is still sitting quietly on the counter where he placed her October 16, 2020 – December 27, 2025  as close to a gravestone as any coffeemaker has possibly ever made it

aside from a couple of weeklong trips each year shes he refers to machines as she because hes arent as capable or dependable  shes made coffee for him virtually every day and several times every month hes leaned against the opposite cabinetcounter and watched vapour rise gracefully out of her crown

when shes finished he pours himself a cup and returning the carafe to the cradling hotplate he runs his hands up her flanks and thanks her out loud for making him coffee

     every system will fail

he did not take her for granted

           genuinely

R I P  1005,  Saturday,  27  12. 25

1010,  Monday,  5  1. 26

Bob Dylan  One More Cup of Coffee  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95cufW4h-gA&list=RD95cufW4h-gA&start_radio=1

White Stripes  One More Cup of Coffee  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BqJv0hHbFo&list=RD-BqJv0hHbFo&start_radio=1