he was coming down

                                   and it couldnt have been soon enough

hed been up since

since

            that was a really good question

to be fair 

itd been awhile

he was gassed

a gulp of fresh air would be nice

                                                    tomorrow

to-day

itd be  was to-day

                             Jesus     Awready

he dropped ass on the couch

               blinked

           found the remote

discovered the remote

turned the television on

to whatever had been on last

an immaculate    of course he was    coiffured whitehaired man in spectacles appeared

                                                                                                                                            rambling

not that the gentleman thought he was rambling

articulating his Gods argument for an evangelist television congregation he described as Tomorrows World

God    The Eternal  equals    were interspersed throughout

a real name dropper this one    David  Isaiah  Deuteronomy  Jeremiah

                                                                                                              HA

one line stuck in his ears   it flashed on the screen over a bubbling brook between green banks    perhaps to offer legitimacy in excess of his fine knowing words   and oration

 

I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked  Ezek 33:11

   

he smiled  he could see behind his spectacles the gentleman knew he wasnt wicked

though  probably   if the desk before him were moved from where he sat hed be sporting a hard-on

religious cats had their own garden variety Viagra

he said King David was going to be risen from the dead for this

really  David

he hadnt been on a card since fighting Goliath

the gentleman reeled off Biblical pull quotes  tagteaming them over pacific pastoral images of huge wild animals

big cats jaws agape lapping at their canines with long tongues

and when Tomorrows World came

human beings would wander fearlessly among the animals

David in the Lions Den stuff Gone Wild

the older gentleman was intense  insistent

had a sweet gig

and hed be damned if he could discern when the gentleman drew a breath the words streamed ceaselessly from

his moistened  had to be Vaselined  lips

maybe the circular breathing of a reed player

Time was Coming It was Coming Tomorrows World was Coming

and he had a free pamphlet to share with viewers   Call or write or go online

Tomorrows World was also parceled out through several Social media outlets

they covered all their bases as Great Communicators would

after the gentlemans exhausting pitch

he remained unsold

feeling a little dirty

Christ  he wondered  if there wasnt a lone cigarette laying on the coffee table too

the programme ended 

the television screen went to black

Ah  Snatched from the Jaws of God  The Eternal

then white letters popped nearly blinding him like flashbulbs

The preceding was a paid commercial announcement

Huh   that was reason enough   despite a couple three interventions  they argued with him talking over their whisky beers and wine(drugs) and cigarettes(drugs)

he wasnt giving up his

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--   I cant tell you how long Ive been writing it that way 

Ive been writing things the way I have   probably longer than I know

and probably why Ive kept Xeroxed copies of all my handwritten letters

People kept saying I said one thing or something else and Id have to find my letter and copy it again and send it to them

to defend the reality of what Id really said

Consuming

Tiring

--   Well  that was certainly a long explanation to a simple question

--   Yes  Id agree 

A question is simple to ask

--   Yes

And yet you havent answered my

simple

question

--   I didnt hurt your feelings

did I

If I did I apologise 

I am    well  I am terse

But then I suppose I mince words when a simple yes or no isnt in the mix

--   Not hurt

my feelings

Well say you surprised me with your curt rejoinder

--   Ah yes 

Curt also

Terse curt rude

Fuckin rude

Miserable

I get lotsa adjectives affixed to either my proper noun     or sometimes just a noun

--   And

--   And

Oh yes

Interrupture

It fascinated me

All those rs

--   Well

Im certainly enjoying the letters were writing back and forth

--   I am too

--   Are you Xeroxing does anyone say Xeroxing any more your letters to me

--   I am

And obviously I do

--   Because you think Ill misrepresent you to someone  And youre the only person I know who says Xeroxing

--   No
Because I Xerox all my letters  Without exception

And me too

--   I might be exceptional

she laughed quite hard

--   Youre funny

--   Well  I know you have a sense a humor overlaying your seriousness

And were not being terribly serious

If we were being serious I think even though weve known each other only a short while  youd know that I wouldnt tease you without winking first

                                                Hmm

 * * *

--   I dont like to be interrupted while Im naked

--   I like you naked

--   I dont like me naked

Let me put my pants on first

--   Put your pants on first

to kiss me

--   Yes

there was no wink

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