theyd been drinking plentywere inebriated words were coming out funny which always entertained him and he laughed
harder than anyone at others slurs and mispronunciations helter skelter
juxtapositions and dropped thoughts What
was I saying?
This is time for telling
stories boys Man up
the other six at the circular
knifecarvedup wood table went quiet
he wasnt terribly drunk he was happyappeased which to him meant slightly pissed as his New Zealand and Australian friends
said
he didnt care for the term hisself
however when it slipped out of their mouths anthey
knew he didnt care for it it didnt seem so
offensive not as offensive as when he heard it in the States
since no stories were apparently
forthcoming he offered the first hoping to loosen some tongues around the table
concluding it he sat back grabbed
the barmaid gently by the wrist as she was passing she didnt mind
and ordered himself another whisky and beer
Can’t drink house whisky, man?
You always gotta have something separate?
the guy was a prickwasnt a friend
an acquaintance
Yadrink whaya like Ill drink wha I like friend friend sounded asif
he spat Whos got the
next story
prick said nothing
the other five sucked their beers
Awright a second One morelast one outa my mout
concluding the second it was a peach they all laughedwhich was his intent Awright Whos steppin up an in Whos got
the next tale
prick opened his mouth
You know, man,
your stories make you sound like a peeker; a pervert.
Lemme fill in the blanks yacant
fill without insult despite yer intent I
prefer voyeur I place keen details in my
stories as I try to recreateas best I can so what Im saying others might see see better
I wouldnt be here if I
wasnt a keen observer My life depended
on it
Frankly prick if I were you Id be dead
You got a mouth on you! he angrily tried to push away in his chair
from the table but his heels slipped on the peanut shells on the sawdusted
floor
Motherfuck passed out of his mouth but looking up he saw that he stood over
him
Yawere saying
Where
Ive been youd be a dead man
he was smart to not say
anything probably the smartest hed ever been in his
life
he rapped him on the forehead
with his index finger
I got one more story Innarested prick
meekishly Okay.
Awright In defense of my ass as yasay being a perv a
peeker Again I prefer voyeur or just fuckin observant I
served a tour in Nam as a tunnel rat
When I went down for induction
Select Service the draft When the group I was in was supposed to step
forward acknowledge that they were submitting I didnt
I enraged the military and
pseudo-militarythe community members who sat on the Draft Board
I signed my name declaring my
refusal to enter the Army with a period at its end
I was in the first groupthe
morning group
They kept me assuring me
they had the right to hold me over for the next group later that morning
They encouraged me to reconsider
If not whadaya gonna do kill my family
When the second group assembled standing
in three lines thirty guys I was at the front
Time came to step forward They did
I did not
Again I signed my name but with a
bigger period at its end
Military and the civilian comandante
really got their panties in a knot
Enthusiastically they explained
to me that never since the Draft begansince it was commenced had they not sent
every available A-1 draftee in the community into service
Cocksure I said Sorry boys hate to bust yer perfect bubble but I aint
going to fight someone I have no grudge against or existential reason to fight Terrible thing bombin a country back into the
Stone Age
I felt a pinch on my arm
When I came to I was on a rear seat
of a sedan My hands were shackled together
feet shackled a bind strung between them Hogtied Well I aint never sees a hog get out of one so I didnt resist I closed my eyes and went back to dreamland I can always muster a good dream
I woke up in a cell
Crazy to see sunlight passing
through bars
Later that morning I was visit by
three military officers who presented me with paperwork irrefutable paperwork
they said that bore my signature
agreeing to my induction
Damn if my signature didnt have a
period at its end
Only times I ever placed it to exemplify and exacerbate my abject derision to the draft
he nodded his head It was a forgery
Three weeks into boot camp I
injured enough draftees that at night in my rack I suffered another pinch on the
arm When I came to I was drooling down
the front of my khakis I was on a
military aircraft flying to Nam
I was small then
I was designated tunnel rat
Before the end of my first tour
Id grown into my mature body put on four
inches and sixty pounds couldnt be a rat nomo
And Id kill someone before Id
reup
The point of my story is I am fucking observant
Naif
yawanna take our differences outside an discuss them Im happy to oblige
Otherwise Prick
Shut yer piehole
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