a tall lean redheaded teenager facial acne to match raised his skateboard like an axe and stepped towards him

Take your best shot punk

Were playing for keeps

his step faltered

                 the board remained shoulder height

If not get the fuck outa my way he bolted forwardeyes riveted on the boys face  watching in case the clown car hearse busted through the curtain onto the three-ring circus 

two other fucks stood off behind Red their skateboards at their bellies

striding past him a sudden quickstep out beyond arc-range if Red turned out to be a backstabber  the other inside him asked Hes the alpha-male

Shaddup  its a ugly world they have to contend with Our youth was cherry  Never forget that  Never

he went off that long landingthat threshold for the broken elevator for the disabled onto concrete steps and down the steps to the street

if the three now above him had something to say they kept it to themselves

Playing for keeps

Playing for keeps    

1420,  Twosday,  16  7. 19

1208,  Day-between-Two-Ts.  17  7. 19

Whereas

Whereas Americas president is a racist

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/house-passes-resolution-condemning-trump-s-racist-remarks-63985733589

2247,  Twosday,  16  7. 19 

when friends wanted to go wine tasting they reached out to him  

they needed a safe and sober driver

he despised winewhine  

though he enjoyed his friends company

hed roll over to where they congregated and drove one of their carsburned their gashe didnt charge them extra for his witty conversation

                    occasionallybecause it was his nature  he mailed them a bill for services rendered

that always provided a yukyuk an occasionally were followed by You’re not being serious are you, man?

No asshole I love my fun

on occasion they called him up to invite him out 

a movie

recently Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

he dug film 

             an on occasion it was nice to catch a film in English on the big screen  

his usual fare was on the small screen foreign films DVDs  his small screen was a small screen he didnt buy as his friends did into home-theatre screens 120/200-inch diagonals 

while they were proud of their acquisitions 

                                              he diminished them How much  I wouldnt charge you that to suck my cock

You could be nicer.

You’re too frank.

Fuck you  No one should impress you Im the canary in your coal mineyour touchstone  Exceed me then you know youre doing well Im your line in the sand We ever find ourselves standing on the same side of it youll know shits outa whack

on occasion they called him to invite him out to have a drink

Where you meeting

Bull’s.

And then

We thought wed try a few different places.

Sharing the wealth

Yeah. Share the wealth.

Sure

But dig  you head over to a whine bar well part company

Plenty of fine women go to wine bars.

Fine A matter of perspective Ive met many fine women who enjoy a cocktail hard liquor beer Thats my perspective I wouldnt be innarested in a woman who sipped whine

You standards are out of whack.

My standards are mine

Know thyself I know me

Cant be taken off point Least of all to engage in a meeting that would be dishonest from the get-go

I’m saying if you want to get laid . .

. . Hey  Sex isnt worth a concession by either party

Are you declining?

No Im saying that I wouldnt be caught dead in a whine bar any more than I would in church

0751,  Sunday,  15  7. 19

1149,  Sunday,  14  7. 19

Kendrick Lamar  Alright  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-48u_uWMHY  

the dark underbelly of this cuntry . . is actually fat  an white    an not too sharp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF_jVQzrtcY

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kellyanne-conway-aoc-and-the-squad-represent-a-dark-underbelly-in-this-country

1634,  Twosday,  16  7. 19

Love It or Leave It 

                    or Ooh Ooh as Officer Toody of Car 54 often said  

Ooh Ooh  

         Love It or Be Spuriously Diagnosed with Bonespurs so You Dont Have to Leave It 

1535,  Twosday,  16  7. 19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCcp68Uee9Y 

Officer Toody  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y5lOlcHHhM

crossroads 

            he did his damnedest to avoid them 

particular if soil at its corners was disturbed 

he preferred circles to squares an corners

a corner an edge could take an eye out

a blunt round could bruise him

blind him temporarily

but sight restored

hed find the shit

not revenge

reprisal

balance restored

equilibrium repaired

feet on the ground spine realignedflung upright eyes staring out of his skull atop his stack his tower  his house

assault at your own risk

he was familiar with the grounds  its layout

blueprint  2-dimensional

crazy the difference in 3-dimensions excuse me  demonsions  his demons demonstrating  not a crossfire to enter  entertain but some just cant help themselves

let em die

let em cop a temporary pause  

let em return to learn lessons that anyone other than an idiot would learn 

his eyes werent blackthey were blue seein em in the light youd see they were 

lights necessary

their blue was darkened by his convictions

but catch him on a day a day without implication or stress bright blue with green sparkles but she was enamoured  

he took the hint

he loved watching her big hazel eyes while she gave him head   

kissing her mouth when she finished

smelling her breath as she panted in his face as they fucked

she didnt make twenty  died in a car wreck   she wasnt driving

but she was still with himHis eyes she replied to the drivers ed instructor  His eyes are bright blue bright blue with green sparkles

still with him

a crossroad had taken her out 

T-boned

impact on the passengers side

her wake 

a closed coffin

there wasnt enough for the funereal home to work with

he thumbed an Ace Jokers card she gave him  Dont ever say I never give you anything but sex 

Games echre sap not to be confused with the eucharist You can take me to church to fuck  but not otherwise

the Joker was worn mighty thin 

                                  it went everywhere he did

over the years since

as she did

he gave crossroads wide berths

1257,  Sunday,  14  7. 19  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-on-minority-congresswomen-if-they-dont-like-it-here-they-can-leave/2019/07/15/32d65e3d-4322-4db8-816b-c614cad12178_video.html?utm_term=.98f0c5ea6ec6&wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

he had an idea

                 if he and others dont like Drumpf  Drumpf can leave

the FAKE PRESIDENT is inane he used inane because all one had to do is toss “s” in there to get to that which isnt trailing far behind

1133,  Twosday,  16  7. 19

havent used this metric in a while 551 days or fewer remaining

liar: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/trump-falsely-accuses-omar-al-qaeda-fact-check/index.html

the sky was pale modestblue this early afternoon

dull clouds crowded its southern lip cresting the brown hills tufted  smoky   undecided if they wanted to exist or disintegrate fade from soft vapour into nothingness

how could anything dare be so ambivalent about becoming nothing

1238hrs

There we go! a kind of commitment a couple clouds shookfreecrawled on their bellies to the edge of the hills and pushed up on their armsgathered themselves fleshed out and billowed white billowed like pirate seasails Indian plumes Peter Pan the croc ticking munching at a hillocks crotch obviously pleased  tasty  spittle at its chin drool at the corners of its grinning jaws its tongue happy lolling loosely lashingslapping its teeth

                                                                           he was jealous

he wanted one too

                        or two

1300hrs  Friday  31  5. 19

clouds stood off in the red west

gawkers

who feel somethings cominggoing down an they cant waitimpatient anxious to be there and look

theyd get close but not nearenough to get soiled or splashed by the trouble that befell some poor clown sorry soul some respecthuh

They look like they’re expecting something.

They do They look anxiousshifting their feet but they dont seem intent on moving forward

Yes. In no particular hurry.

Hear them say theyll cop theyre being patient

Patient my ass

Unnerved

When condensation fears we ought to pay sharp attention

1443hrs

as the skies began to purple like bruises rising he saw the clouds were afootbeing sneaky

they were creeping closerkeeping low probably moving in a crouch

coming up on hillspeeked over them like points scouts  whawas ahead of them was need-to-know priority

they came furtively awkwardly children bad at a game of hide n seek

terribly bad

caught peeking

an caught they refused to break eyecontact asif he wasnt there looking directly at them

they feigned He’s not there. yet remained wideeyed  

then they sankdeflated shrunk out of sight behind the ridge 

                                                                but not so deep that he couldnt see the tops of their head

1608hrs  Twosday  4  6. 19

Lindsey Graham’s Kool-Aid Stand 

                                     Kool-Aid! Kool-Aid! Drink your ice-cold KOOL-AID! It’s delicious guzzleguzzlegulp gulp

https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/watch/congresswomen-rebuke-trump-s-racism-and-weak-leadership-63901765651

1904,  Monday,  15  7. 19

Love It or Leave It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCcp68Uee9Y

Love it or leave it hmm he was old enough to remember the chantsthe exact same notion  sentiments  expressed during the Vietnam War 

                   Love It or Leave It! made him want to puke

apparently under the guise of five bonespur deferments Drumpf really likes America  adds to an earlier posted refrain  Shit dont change

1823, Monday,  15  7. 19

Kendrick Lamar  Institutionalized  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L1POXocFIQ
Led Zeppelin  When the Levee Breaks  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFDYuO53BUk  

Dylan Thomas
                        remember

“Dead men naked they shall be one/With the man in the wind and the west moon;/When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,/They shall have stars at elbow and foot;/Though they go mad they shall be sane,/Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;/Though lovers be lost love shall not;/And death shall have no dominion.”

            death shall have no dominion  no domination    poetic

an poetry  all forms of art  thrive in the eye of the beholder in the minds eye                                                                                                                       

Though

he loved the succession of Dylans Thoughs

Though 

while death cannot render us completely 

neither can life

                an by  life shall have no dominion   

a pervasive razors edge runs at  an between life and death a wicked redlipped smiling  a gaudier demarcation than might be thought 

                  an sometimes theres a fusion a bleeding  lifedeath deathlife  a sliver separating dimensions  dominions

not one without the other

                              without one there is not an other

yes  he played he danced he flipped coins tossed them at curbs an walls an threw dice

he gambled

never went all-in

never came home without a cent

                                  without sense

Though  

         he did say he liked the word

Thomas' poetry set him up for Shelleys Frankenstein

2134, Twosday,  4  6. 19

1535,  Reggae Friday,  12  7. 19

Thundercat  Where Am I Going   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDWSQ6fI9TE

Shit dont change

as Kendrick Lamar sang in Institutionalized: “Shit don’t change, nigger . . till you get up an wash your ass . .”

Drumpf  squirrelly on the rails tweets: “So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, (nawh wait a sec . . he was damn sure three of the four women were born in America), the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all) (Careful Donnyboy careful  someone might mistake those countries for this country), now loudly . . . .

  

1225,  Monday,  15  7. 19

Kendrick Lamar  Institutionalized  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L1POXocFIQ 
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1150381394234941448    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/us/politics/trump-twitter-squad-congress.html 
  

he felt him coming up on his leftbehind himbefore he even saw him

                                                                       a particular bullshit vibe a horses ass

mind you he had no sense of intuition  a gut feeling 

long ago he gave it up and deferred to his wifes 

he didnt flexexercise any aspect of his diminutive angst

anso it withered as any unused organ or limb would

when she left she took her robust sense with her

he didnt see that coming

later thinking hard on his loss  it occurred to him he obfuscated his weaknessburied it  overpowered it with his raw willingness to confront anyone he disagreed with

as soon as his sensibilities were insultedhe interrupted  silence  implies  acquiescence  an he wouldnt abide that silence or quiet to prevail
                          anhe wasnt kind  he was rudehe barked barked like a junkyard dog whose tail didnt wag  jutted out behind him like a rigid antenna sensing  ferreting   a backstabber

this type never came head-on an almost never alone  

he came up behind him in a turquoise 20042005 Vette  sat indecisive  a pretty prick at the wheel  glammed trussed in clothing that wouldnt see or couldnt withstand a hards days work

the light was red

no cross traffic approached from their left 

Pouting pretty boy  Creep  
                           Make your right he thought No He was gonna wait for the light to change then cut him off  

prior to turning GREEN the pedestrian-walking lighted beneath the traffic light triclops

as he stepped off the curb pretty prick went wide right to the leftmost lane then braked the Vette  in asshole limbo

he finally looked at him through the groovy tinted passenger window

                                                                        jetblack sunglasses he motioned him with his right fourfingers sewn sidebyside  motioning asif reeling him in  CROSS man

he answeredmade an exaggerated pass swung his left handarm drew it up from behind himcrossed his hipterminated it  coming across his body to an exaggerated happy stop at his right shoulder

pretty boy shook off his revelry  took what he assumed was his made his wideright ahead of him into the second lane


Christ  takes all kindsdont it

1443,  Saturday,  13  7. 19

Kendrick  Lamar  The Blacker the Berry  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdPtVZDspIY

Whawas that stance

intrigued him

like a pretzel

unbaked 

a pretzel deliberately twistedturned before baking  eachan every lap provoking his eye

he could not look

though ofcourse  he cloaked his deliberation  

he didnt stare

brief asides

            the blood quickening in his veins

she was tall

wore calfskin halfboots

black jeans

an intricate white lace Indian shell open at the throat  a hint of cleavage

black hair at her shoulders

she stood an turned on a spit erect  round and round360 while talking animatedly  absently   on her cell

occasionally her left hand went to her hair  twisted a plait   childlike

she crossed her ankles at the degrees she had turned   an stopped

crossing them pinioned  accentuated her hips   rounding them even more

accentuated the V of her crotch

the cup of her ass

comely meat on a spit

maybe shed ring a dinner bell when she was done

cooked inside out

gently  rare 

maybe rawer 

blood raw  
           black an blue

2021,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  10  7. 19

1234,  Saturday,  13  7. 19

Ramsey Lewis  Sun Goddess  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYD7fLfnuzc