where had he read it it percolated up into his brain unworthiness passed down through your lineage
Yafuckin kiddin me
Kahrist
it was percolationspauses like
that he pondered that made his mug of coffee go cool kool kold kryinoutloud
he did it again
he could drink coffee straight
throughenjoy it while it was hot
but as much as that was his
intentas much as he wanted to
it didnt happen often
coffee was like an oil
slicking his gears
lubing his thoughts
refreshing his dreams in his eyes
like a forlorn bum catching him at a red light in the city and washing his
windshield for a buck
he always found it was worth a couple of bucks and some loose change
from his console
more often than not coffee helped
him see things more clearly
this morning his hot black coffee
bolstered with a splash of Irish whisky its aromatic steam almost made him choke though a pleasant choke like a whiff of cocaine a nose-hit off a
found roach laced with hash oilWAAHBAM
FLASH Maureen his months old girlfriend before he
left Chicago for Miami began babbling in angel dust
she blamed him for it
You’re ducking out on me.
before they datedwhen they met at
a party he told her that he was moving in a few months
some sawed-off Eddie was plying
her with the PCP phenylcyclohexyl
piperidine – a cyclonic Pepperdine – thats the word game is played to remember the
scientific name of angel dust – he told her she could call it by its scientific
name hed take a hit too she never
did neither did he
What? He’s giving it to me for free.
Aint nothing free Maureen anits
angel dust
You’ve never tried it, you’re no standing
or experience to bi . .
. . Scientific name An
true But I havent taken heroin either I have a strong idea what can try me an Ive
no intentions of taking it Nevertheless I care about you
You’re leaving, that’s how much
you care about me. I’ll be out of sight,
out of mind.
You really think that little of
yourselfwho you are Who you are in my
regards
she sneered Out of sight. Out of mind. Don’t put your regards on me. You’ll be all
over the scene in Miami, I ain’t stupid.
Im not going down for the
scene Miami the Keys theyve been on my
radar for as long as I can remember Id love
to have you come down once I get situated when youve finished school
Yah. So you say what you say goes, right?
It does Ive said it Im good to my word
Your word? You’re something
special.
Were gettin off track Angel Dust Shithead purveyor
You don’t know him.
Hes a dime a dozen A shithead Hes plying you with that shit an thats all I need to know Says a world about him
You know so much
I know guys If I wouldnt want him as an acquaintance why
would I want you to have a relationship with . .
.
. Because I want it!
You want it It It
as in relationship or it as in angel dust
I can have both.
You can I care a lot about you But if you dont care about yourselfhave
respect for yourself I cant either
Fuck you.
Awright I believe youre making a mistake but
everyones welcome to their mistakes I dont
have to watch it happen
You aren’t. You’re going to
Miami.
I am As you knew
he went
Maureen didnt respond to a single
letter or postcard
too bad
some of the shit he wrote was
pretty provocativepretty crazy worthy of
something back
he dreamed he ran into her on the
Intracoastal two slow boats crossing
she said she had a key
someone said she gave the key to
him
she hadnt
But so and so said you have it.
So an so Yah Whos
so and so An why would so an so say if
you dont remember giving it to me A key
for what
as the sterns grew furthur apart
she yelled To my heart, asshole!
kold koffee
1051, Twosday,
14 1. 20
1104,
Sunday, 24 5. 20