I don’t know, but that’s the rule.
Its unfortunate
But that’s the rule.
Lets amend it
It’s the rule. taunting him asif speaking to an
idiot
Excise it
It’s the rule. slippery slope now asif talking to moron
I don’t know, but that’s the rule.
Its unfortunate
But that’s the rule.
Lets amend it
It’s the rule. taunting him asif speaking to an
idiot
Excise it
It’s the rule. slippery slope now asif talking to moron
hed seen the little girl and
woman as he crossed between traffic the wide streetparking on either side two
lanes in each direction turning lane at the center
turning up it to walkread glancing forward he saw a childs shoepink shoe a little girls lying in the middle
of the sidewalk Elementary,
my dear Watson. which Holmes never did said turninround looking back down the street he wondered
ifwas damn sure it was belonged to the
little girl pushed in the buggy by the short stout woman
Yare welcome Figured eventually shed need her shoes
the thatch of crap jumbled together
caught his eye despite reading Juneteenth as he walked
it was congealed by something he couldnt
see
what he couldnt see he didnt touch
I can still taste her potted plants
whenever I smell warm terra cotta broken glass beet greens
I wished mine worked like hers
I aint witless
Ah.
I smiled fast became an eyes sprung wideopen witness
I ordered another round of drinks
And another
And another
It was pleasant to lie beside her
watch her purse her lips watch her eyes move behind her eyelids wonder what she
saw It was pleasant her occasional snortsher
mumble of disconnected words like answers to a crossword puzzle in her roulette
mind
When she woke in the morning roused
by the smell of coffee brewing she stretched a stretch Id never seen or
imagined could be stretched
Her eyes fluttered
She looked at me
She mewed good morning
I stroked her headher sleepy head I stroked her wildpressed hair groaned good morning
I kissed her on the forehead Youre still drunk
She touched the tip of her nose with
her tongue I’m still drunk.
You
Me? Tarzan. Her body sifted towards me
Look whos witty Yes
you Jane
I like the way you think.
The coffee burned
thereby cinches tight any
argument adverse to stop him from calling the former a cunt
hes a CUNT
Im sorry Regarding
Please. Nuanced absolute.
Yare funny jump in you havent said
I wasn’t asked.
Well I learned today isnt ordinary
And ain’t saying much.
I
don’t know.
Hint
Sure, what the hell, I’ll play.
Yado.
Maybe thas nuanced absolute
if he didnt know he was
determined theyd discover it together
if he knew he explained himself exhaustively
or until they tired of learning
because “Because.” is not an answer
Stopyou were alive though apparently unswabbed
by Quetzalcoatl the swallowtail One silly millimeter longer
Mikey?
Yes Thas it isnt it
What’s that?
Im not going to beno one should Im not
going to be who Im not
No. she agreed Everyone should be who they are.
Wasnt I mumbling
You were.
Then evidently not deep enough
Can I take a swing?
he walkedup on it stooped realised it was a fly
returned it to nature to where it
was conceived
realised he was holding his
breath
he exhaled
What? What did I say?
Wha did you sayyou said tell me
Please Repeat yourself
Correct you, how so?
We played well, I played well.
Thas not wha you said
Has it occurred to you you’re not
hearing what I said correctly?
No.
No
I wouldn’t wear it, save your
money.
A bumper sticker
No.
WE’RE #2! WE’RE #2! WE’RE #2!