cacophony

        phonaesthetics

mass graves 

        turn out the cellar door light  

euphony sucked in a terrified breathclosed its eyes

                                                    he didnt realise tears would escape

   

middle of the night, Saturday,  19  3. 22

2006,  Saturday

Havent been sleeping well

Nah

Whadaya attribute tha to

Whaevers keepin me uptossin my sleep like salad

Ya don seem curious

Im not

Why

Everything in time

                   Sleep will eventually find me  Im not fretting            

Because eventually

Yah Eventually

Yaever think thas a misguided notion

Nah

Why

To date its served me well I get to a point where Im too exhausted an even whaever it is cant penetrate

                                                                                                              I sleep long  hard wake refreshed  Its put out to pasture until the next bout

   You

Sleeping pills

Better life through chemistry

Yah Yacoud say that

As long as you left the door open  I might suggest chemistry didnt see the opioid epidemic coming

Thats grim

I havent been sleeping well

2329,  ReggaeFriday,  18  3. 22

1036,  cindi shy Saturday,  19  3. 22

Strawberry Alarm Clock  Incense and Peppermints  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RghL1rViX34

he came out the door heavy sluggish  Dammit! Magda’s not coming.

I satup in the chaise lounge beside the pool

                                             Whadamean shes not coming Shes been dragging her feet coming over for a swim drinks barbecue for awhile  She made a commitment

they were dying to see her in a swimsuit she looked like Brenda Vaccaros Midnight Cowboy voice he said hed fuck her voice

      Moby said he hadnt a clue what he was talking about Her voice manher voice sultry smoky   vampish   I still don’t know what you’re talking about.

                                        I shook my headthought Ya can lead a horse to water but ya cant make it drink

Why isnt she comingrather why is she blowing us off

A girlfriend needed her. Evidently she’s in a rough spot, relationship falling down around her ears, upset, confused, doesn’t know if she should try any longer to make it work.

You ought to be going over

Are you kidding me?

  No

      Yare not six months off your divorceyare fresh worked hard four years trying to make your marriage work

Magdas never been married or as shes admitted  been in a serious relationship

She’s young yet.

She is You go instead and have Magda come here  Ill keep her company

Yeah, fat chance.

Im just saying yare experiencedhave insights Magda cant

Fat chance.

Well when you said she wasnt I thought she was ditching us for that baby thing

Baby thing?

Yah Wha theyre called

Shower, a baby shower.

That thing

No, you recall she said she’d blow off the shower for us?

Ya didnt share that with me

I didn’t? I did.

Yadidnt

Thought I ha . .

. . No  Didnt say

Well . . she told me she’d blow off the shower.

  Hmmm

Hmm, what?

    Think Ill change my name to shower

1455,  Saturday,  22  1. 22

1256,  ReggaeFriday,  18  3. 22

You remember any crushes you had as a boy he asked his barber

                                                                      his barber Milo had been cutting hair longer than hed been alive

Crushes. Let me think . . . no schoolboy crushes, none I can remember.

I remember my first and second.

First and second? In grade school?

Elementary school

                    First one was a fourth grade teacher whose classroom was on the second floor The school opened in 1915 had really high ceilings huge bank of windows in every classroom Id walked up stairscouldnt say what my problem was going up Id step left then step right feet together again it was laborious going up Coming down Id step right then left feet together as laborious The classrooms younger kids first floor were let out first That bought me time to make to the second floor before the older kids were let out Id hold her classroom door open When all the kids had left Id take her satchel from her and carry it downstairs and out to her car on the street Crazy how patience she was with me on the steps never hurried or rushed me

                                               I used to watch her drive off Id wave to her She looked in her rearview mirror and wave  I really liked her

That’s quite a crush.

It was Funnythough   I cant remember wha she looked like But I was certainly head over heels

                                                                                                      Then in third grade I had a crush on my third grade teacher Mrs. Thompsons daughter She was going to college learning to also become a teacher She made all the field trips we went on She always had me in her group  She let me hold her hand

Held her hand?

Yah

You were a funny kid.

I don know  I kinda think you were a funny kid not having a crush

You recall I grew up in rural Wyoming. Not many kids in a classroom or in the school for that matter.

Ahh right   I grew up in Chicagokids everywhere

Makes sense. he paused   You know . . I take it back, I did have a crush.

Yadid When

College.

You had your first crush in college

Yes.  Milo nodded  Statistics class, she was the instructor. We sat in an auditorium that sloped down to the dais she spoke from. I sat up frontdirectly in front of her. She was sitting in a chair because she broke her leg skiing. Wore a mini skirt. It was up high on her thighs.

                                     he got very thoughtful  No.  On second thought it wasn’t a crush.   It was lust.

0923,  ReggaeFriday,  18  3. 22

they said NO

              they prefer Russia retain “most favorite nation” status with the World Trade Organisation

Arizona  Andy Biggs

North Carolina  Dan Bishop

Colorado  Lauren Boebert

Florida  Matt Gaetz

Georgia  Marjorie Taylor Greene

Wisconsin  Glenn Grothman

Kentucky  Thomas Massie

Texas  Chip Roy

    hmm

          had to wonder if they voted the way their constituents wanted or once again were being irresponsible  voted to soothe their possiblyderanged minds

the House vote was 424-8

1541,  ReggaeFriday,  18  3. 22

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/house-strips-russia-trade-status-gop-opposition-rcna20583?cid=eml_mra_20220318&user_email=e4c91d00eead6d858374885584701152a02c6d873bb23bf387b4583a289e5951

 

he was spinning out of controlfantasising producing  game shows in his head

                                                                                  why wait for production units  immoral swarmy producers whose idea is to propel themselvestheir careers make bookoo bucks off the backs of socalled talent  wannabes naïvely seeking phony ephermeral fame fortune 

                                                               Damn anonymity  Whas it good for   Absolutely nothing

WAR

step aside  they ought to tout themselves whores   get on with it

                                                                    honesty is the best policyKnow Thy Self  when he got a whiff Whell whores smell a certain way

If it walks like a whore talks like a whore  its probably a whore

 

the most recent game show knocking around inside his head he called TRUE or FALSE

                                                                                                                                       If your nuts are warm, can you be cold?

sexistyes

          but he hadnt a feminine equivalence

had he he would have referred to it

 

       we are equal 

                      his feminist side was slowlatent he crossed his fingers that it would catchup with him                           

probably 1450hrs,  Saturday,  22  1. 22 

2214,  Thursday – St Paddys Day,  17  3. 22 

Edwin Starr  War  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZJRJpbGkG4

Buffy Sainte-Marie  Universal Soldier  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q09f1OE7R8s

they vied back and forth all night at a bar with friendsher friends he happened by  was invited into the fray by someone familiar with him  nothing offlimits  politics sex religion  politics   the others were guardedconcernedworried to offend not themthey were at each others throatanyones who dare wander in her friends wearied probably because they werent getting a word in edgewise

they started falling off said goodnight heading for the doorover their shoulder Don’t kill each other.

maiming was more like it

                          they werent stopping

she wouldnt shut up

                    not that he wanted her toshe made legit arguments which was refreshing not glib Oh Looks pretty talking points

she pressed hers

 

at long last  Last Call   he bought them another drink   Girl Talk talktalktalk

                                                                                   You attempting to filibuster me Think raising your voice me raising mine you yours me mine that somewhere in that youll bury me Got another thought coming I got a big mouth Im from a family of eleven anif ya think for a moment yare gonna overcome me think twice  Im the eldest of nineused to putting down hopeless rivalries squelching minor players said players meant punks despite brothers and sisters  they were late to the game through no fault of their own

                                                                                 If need be if I hafta he sighed Ill crush ya  Canya please give it a rest

she glared hot  though to her credit shed been volcanic throughout the night

                                                                                seemed to him she was someones little sisterlikely several someones little sister  he got it  shed always been digging out from underworking it since she was a kid

she wasnt his kid sister he didnt give them any quarter either he liked her spunk though  unfortunately dancing with him he wasnt allowing her to lead

                              Bestplease  ya shaddup listen up

he wanted to grab her by the throat

he would 

but he didnt wanna

finally air went out of her like a toy balloon leaking from some place she was aware of or could stop

                                                                                                         she smiled deliciously

he smiled back

like boxers begrudgingly might after a draw decision is declared

     Hear that

                 Quietude

she sighed Yes.  she wasnt defeated she was exhausted

Im not the enemy Im not party to whoeverwhatever your angstyour colic is about But we do disagree  A lot

You’re not claiming some kind of collateral dama . .

. . No  no   ya havent damaged me Im saying Im not part of that contingency yare railing againstdesperately looking for

    Might wanna look elsewhere

There an or or else attached?

  There is

             Wanna keep filibustering me . .

. . Filibustering?there’s more to my arguments.

Awright  I concede

                     Still rings in my ears  filibustered but rather  cleverly Id prefer to he smirked bust your cherry

Cherry?

Wanted to bring sex backaround into our conversation

Cherry. Hmm.   Been done.  there was a shade of niggling acquiescence in her voice

hed take niggling  he pressed

                                 Yare pretty blatant   

No not at all.  Water under the bridge.

Better under than over a dam  

Yes.

I can pretend  Im excellent at pretending  As a matter of fact  I can pretend well enough for us both so good you might believe you were

You’re ah  tempting.

Havent we been tempting each other all night

that delicious smile again

Lets call a truce 

Truce!

My place or yours

3ishness PM,  Saturday,  22  1. 22

1129,  Thursday – St Paddys Day,  17  3. 22

the phone rang inside the house

                                   Better get that, expecting a call.  he leapt up out of the resin chair almost knocking over his beer on the small plastic side table between them

steadying the tablehe almost lost his beer too called after him

                                                                  Didnt think you could still move like that

a woodpecker clinging upside down on the woodframed chimney eyed him

                                                                              Quit your skulking he said to it  Yare not predatory

it continued eyeballing him 

                            maybe it was  thatd be novel  rappedstabbed by a redheaded woodpecker Rapped  get your head out of the gutter the bloody assault played out in his head as Moby came out of the house onto the steps leading down to the patio

                     Yo  he held up his empty beer  Why don ya grab us a couple more  Yare almost done

Yeah. Okay. Right there.

                           the hop was no longer in his step  figured he got some unwelcomed news

 

he handed him a beer

Whas the news

Awh, Mabel ain’t making it out today.

Wha were barbecuing tonight

No. She asked for a raincheck.

A raincheck Shes begging off

She begged off.

Not good enough

he chuckled

             Not good enou . . 

. . No  I wanna see her beg I wanna see her on her knees beggin 

                                                                     Call her anave her send a pic of her on her knees beggin  Shes got my number   Got my phone

You got your phone?you never have your phone.

Left it in the car last night Didnt take it out before I came over

You left it in the car?

I didnt need it

What time was that?

Before six

What if someone called you?

They should have called the house phone

That’s not an answer.

Answer is if someone called my cell eventually Ill get back to them Not at anyones beck and call   You

I like to be available.

You got yours on you now

In my pocket.

Shoot Mabel a text Want her on her knees begging You can tell her its my demand she threw a wrench into the works I was really looking forward to haranguingharassing her  Shes a card

Okay. Sure.  I can do that.

 

they didnt expect shed play

Mabel did

a selfie  

on her knees

they opened it together side by side  figured she write something like Suck my cock!

naked to her waist 

                   Jeezus they chorused

Yaah  better tell her wed like her to cash in her raincheck real soon

                                                                        You move

I did. Knew she had a rack.

                              they gulped in chorus

probably  1450,  Saturday,  22  1. 22

1234,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  16  3. 22

J. Geils Band  Centerfold  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDjMZKf-wg 

Tell me if you’ve heard this before.

    Heard this before

                          Yare telegraphing

Telegraphing . . what are you talking about?

You realise how often youve said something terribly inane following  heard this before

he looked puzzled eyes slipped askew his brain working hard he could smell oil burn

     he wasnt being hyperbolic

No.

     I think you’re yanking my chain.

Trust me Im not

I’m not inane.

I didnt say you were I said what youll say will be

It’s funny.

AwJeez ya remember

Remember?

Thought I could sidetrack you  give you time to forget wha yawere going to say

I wouldn’t.

You do

        You do you know you do   Please

Okay, but not this time.

Curses  Foiled

You ready?

Lemme sit down

                  they were hiking he sat on the dirt trail

You’re being ridiculous.

Im comfortable being ridiculous

he sighed crossed his arms over his chest

                                                Comfortable?

I am Let er rip

I think you should understand you snatched away the continuitythe flow of the joke . . otherwise it would have been spot on.

Yare making excuses  Continuity usually doesnt end in inanity

Jesus, trying to spoil my fun.  Here goes . . Never a proud man gets out of a cold pool.

                                                                                          then he laughed at his own joke 

created Inanesquared a rare mathematical equation

1445, Saturday  22  1. 22

1112,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  16  3. 22

Beegees  I Started a Joke  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZWKR2zJESk

Go Vlad

         https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10619493/Putin-says-Wests-attempt-global-dominance-coming-end.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/tfkw4w/vladimir_putin_earlier_today_russian_people_will/ 

he scratched his head 

                       This is how a world leader speaks  he took Putin at his word that he understood his provocation hopefully Russians understood he was also talking about them  

Vlad put his foot in his mouth

                                 perhaps a goodthing the little man has little feet

554preferred to 1754,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  16  3. 22

COMPLETE  THAT  SENTENCE!/or ANSWER!

                                                                                   he could hear the TV studio audience thrillcheer

it aint be it ought to be a game show           

if everyone had to contend with Moby his lame-o buddy they may have imagined the game show too

                                                                                                          Moby frequently held him in suspended animation not suspense waiting patiently  for him to complete his thoughtwhatever it was that he rummagedpicked his way round inside his skull looking for  under things in drawers closets Where did I put thawha . what . . . what was I looking for?

whatever he sought to say respond to it took its sweet time   lingering disconnects sputtering reconnects

if he asked him a yes-no question he didnt like thempreferred elaboration conversation he could hear the question reverberate rollround

                                         eventually Comon  Its YES NO flip a coin

 

When he loses his train of thought I . . .  COMPLETE  THAT  SENTENCE! cries the audience gleefully in unison

then random participants are handed a mike to elaborate

some answers were better than he imagined maybe because they were objective

he pocketed a parcel for use later

he hoped the pilot would get picked up

                                         decidedly it would improve his life

but in the meantime

                    Comon man he thought  not a Life or Death decision Speak

234preferred to 1434hrs,  Saturday,  22  1. 22

1029,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  16  3. 22

he went to lay down in a hot bath to ponder the production of a game show banging around inside his skull called

COMPLETE  THAT  QUESTION/or ANSWER

                                                         however no sooner had he been immersedtaken a sip of whisky he was overcomedivertedshellacked by thoughts of Ukraine

he was curious 

when he got out of the tub he checked to confirm what he believed 

Turkey is under NATO protection Erdogan is an autocrat calls himself presidentBULLSHIT 

Hungary NATO Orban autocrat calls himself presidentBULLSHIT

Poland  NATO  Duda  autocrat calls himself presidentBULLSHIT 

                                                                            if NATO is going to protect autocrats play nice then it ought to secure democratic Ukraine a historic emergency membership and closed its skies

PUTIN he is not Russia if he wants to play brinkmanship wants to threaten biological and chemical warfare wants to threaten nuclear weapons

                              Call him

Russias economy isnt that of Texas

                                     for that matter Texas could secede from the nation  Mexico can have it back

You don’t mean that.

   I do

          I do

1018preferredPM,  Twosday,  15  3. 22

https://www.quora.com/Who-has-a-larger-GDP-California-or-Russia 

Diarrhea, man, don’t you think it’s holistic?

Really   Over coffee

Don’t you think?

You going philosophical on me

                                   Over coffee  

his features pinched 

                      Philosophical? Maybe.  How do you mean?

Whell I know your guts been troubling you since your procedure  so questioning if its holistic can also mean medicinally

medically speaking   Im looking for clarity so we don get lost in the weeds

What do you mean philosophically?

Im taking your reference holistic  to the whole of mankind

features pinched again looked uncomfortable

                                                 You mean whole . . or hole?

Whole Why hole

Because it’s you. Which one?

Were getting lost in the weeds Whole Complete  Its intimately interconnected and explicable by reference to the whole of humankind

             Better yet you tell me  Its your ask

I was thinking, having it, suffering it, everyone has, therefore it is all-encompassing.

Anwha brought this on  over coffee

I’d been toying with it. I’ve had lotsa time on the pot to muse, so since no subject is taboo between us, which you usually bring up, I thought I’d get out ahead of you.

he applauded him

people on the deck looked were perplexed

looks didnt stop him applauding

he stood still applauding walked around behind him stopped slapped him on the back

                                                                                            Yaknow the only misfortunate aspect I can surmise is that in order for you to muse you gotta be sitting on the pot

We’re at coffee.

he sat again

              We are but you didnt think up holistic diarrhea here

No. No I did not.

But I like that the cogs and gears are whirling even if it not while youre standing on your feet

                                                                                                  Thats progress man keep the ball rolling

Thank you.

Anything else

the bulb went out he went dark

                                  he hated thinking so it but it was moments like these he saw his head suddenly turn into a mature dandelion plant a puff asexually reproduced apomixis agamospermy anhim blowing real hard his head coming apartdispersing leaving a shocklingly naked brainstemnaked reptilian brain composed of dull yet prettilyhued bits midbrain pons medulla oblongata

                                          the teenytiny seed parachutes going off with his breath dancing  but thankfully unable to implant in black soil

Nothinghuh

Nah. Shot my wad.  Holistic diarrhea was all I had, all I brought.

Thats awright

                Its a start man

1419,  Saturday,  22  1. 22

1549,  Twosday,  15  3. 22

Chicago  Beginnings  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI-BMDnti4c