she busted her ass on the table six guys

they were leaving

she saw that they stiffed her  Sonsabitch

infuriated she went up the aisle after themcaught them in the lobby 

                                                                      You didn’t leave me a tip?

they were inebriated  their selfanointed gangleader turned to face her 

                                                                         Yawant a tip? he began messing with his pants  I’ll give ya a tip still messin give ya a thick shaft tooslap your chin with my balls messed . .

was he really going to sit there an listen to that crap  nah 

                                                            stood  began his best fag brogue he liked calling it a broguehad several Scottish friends who took exception BALLS! limpwrist OHyum yes yes  Yummyyummy balls   Please

clown quit fumbling with his trousers

NO!were you only teasing he acted terribly disappointed Ohdrat  stamped his foot You big tease!   You are bigarent you he held his hands up before his chestfingers clutching fingers like a bunny rabbit

stepping forward towards him leader barked FAGGOT  but that was the only word that left his mouth

soeasy impugn a guys masculinity they lose their mind

                                                           hed help him  his queerfacile fingers bunchedformed fists

he rocked the Lone Ranger if he thought the others were going to follow him into the fray he was nuts                                                                                                                                he saw them around  they made the Three Stooges doubled look like super heroes  but thasaid   the Three Stooges were super heroes

leader crashed into the hostess stand and peeled off it onto the floor  laid stilldazed  his pants still a mess halfopened belt unlatched 

he grabbed him at the waistbandbounced him once loosened his pants more flipped him onto his face yanked his wallet free liberated a twentyFucktha  two twenties  tossed the wallet onto his back

                                                                                 in the confusionsudden melee the gang now able to count to onegetting frisky ballsy he stuck the bills into her hand and motioned for her to beat it return to the diningroom

aint a damn thing like protecting a womans honour

he sidestepped the press wentround the other side of the station into the foyer out the heavy doors casually removing his jacket cap tucked them under his arm crossed traffic in an opening doubledback crossed in front of the restaurant  the Keystone Cops piled out and headed up the street where he went 

                                                                       they wouldnt find Trouble

suntime,  Saturday,  April9  2022

1357,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  25  5. 22

Horslips  Trouble with a Capital T  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8YuAbkDT94 

bone

buffalo

companion

       fourteen year he carried it everywhere

then lost it through a hole in his pocket   

if he was a bright boy when he had his last surgery he would have had the surgeon bury it under his skin

                                                                                                                 then he wouldnt have lost it 

                    Yasee the rationale  he spoke to an interior he saw leaning in out the corner of his eye

Nah

Rubbernecking

No Happened by again   I overheard your musings the first time you retraced your steps  Been doing it since

Yes keep walking the route where lost it keep hopingkeeping the faith   eyespeeled                                                          

Why

Why possibly yare more stupid than me

                                          Ive found other things coins   I know   two dead squirrelstoday I found a dead nestlingnot a tree in a hunred feet   I knowI saw   Picked it up said Come with me little one walked up the road to a live oak placed it in a crotch of the tree   I know   Seemed fitting correct seems a violation to bury a bird a violation of its nature  mine

   I know  Sowhas your gambit

No gambit

           Since no ones looking for it I thi . I believe . . . I believe Ill find it

Yah  Hope springs eternalhuh

Something like that

Thaseems unlike you thas more optimistic than I knowya to be 

                                                                   Thabook yare readingSatori your actions are in defiance of the Japanese Buddhist terminology  comprehension understanding   Seeing what is real

Not whaya want or prefer

   So whas lost cant be found

                                    Think Ill perseverance  Yawanna bet against me

Bet

    Wha am I supposed to put uphow do I to benefit separate from you

  

Your benefit is being attached to me as things become dire more despondent I can imagine silver linings in stormclouds 

              Im willing to task the other side 

Thas nothing new Yare a prick 

   Prick   Confrontational

Gentlemens bet

Were not gentlemen

1411,  Twosday,  24  5. 22

1031,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  25  5. 22

The sergeant majors a real prick Why did you invite him for breakfastyare gone this afternoon yare also the extent of military I can handle

He’s familiar with you, through our letters, who writes anymore. If it’s any consolation . . he thinks you’re a prick too.

Great

Sergeant major went by sergeant major 

                                         Really   I cant do that

That’s my rank. I’m proud of it, I worked hard to attain it.

I aint military Ill callya Butch after your haircut

                                                 So Butch  this is a good breakfast place if you come through town again  The waitress is Shay Don give her a hard time thas my job  Shes probably better at her work than you are at yours 

Ryan rolled his eyeswhispered 

                                 Can’t you make nice?

To a guy who prefers his rank to his name  NO 

                                                  Told you yawere the extent I can tolerate military 

You’re pretty judgmental. You probably have no idea what I do.

I looked it upmemorised it Assist the commander in discipline and welfare of enlisted men Their authority and responsibility at parades and ceremonies extends over commissioned officers while on the parade square

                                                                                                               That must give you a fatty  Butch

Who do you think you’re talking to?

You Butch 

              You    Take a look at your menu

Guys, guys, guys . . Ryan implored

Epizeuxis Repetition for purpose of vehemence

Shay sashayed up

                   she was a pip  a freckled deeplydimpled redhead  not usually his fare but he couldnt resist making new constellationsnaming them of her freckles

                                                  Hiya, Joe, who are your friends?

Ryan right Butch left

she nodded to each Ryan, Butch, welcome to Five Points, don’t ask Joe about the menu, he only eats blueberry pancakes and raw baco . .

. . Its not raw . .

. . It oinks in protest

                       Would everyone like coffee?

at last one thing they could agree upon

Cream? Not Joe.

they asked for cream

Shay said Butch  You two an item?

Yes sergeant major

                    he decided hed try to make nice be less a prick  out of respect for Shay

She’s mighty cute.

Shes beautiful inside an out unlike me  something to say for opposites attracting

 

they were cordial throughout breakfast stayed wide askance of any provocations  they talked sports football rugby hockey 

        Butch didnt expect he knew rugby Thought that might be too violent for you.

Im not adverse to violence as long as it doesnt kill combatants   Dig

Sometimes . .

              Ryan interrupted Gentlemen, gentlemen, epizeuxis . . let’s leave well enough alone, shall we?

Shall said Joe  Who uses shall an laughed a pentup bellylaugh a stand in for what could have been otherwise

Ryans laughter followed

Butch not so much

 

Gents my treat I know you get to get going I can walk from here 

                                                                      he embraced Ryan Im happy ya stopped overnight made the time

Thank you for your hospitality.

Youre welcome

                  Butch he extended his hand  I wont say it was a pleasure

The displeasure was entirely min . .

. . It was

they shook hands without it becoming something else

Thank you for putting us up.

Yare welcome

they left

 

Shay approached They werent friends of yours 

Butch isnt Known Ryan since we were kids  His old man was militarytheyre a military family

I can’t imagine.

Yah Me neither

So good to see you again, this was a nice surprise. Sorry I’ve been so busy, I’m hustling, want to putup some money for our camping trip down the coast.

Camping don cost an arm an a leg

No. But maybe I want to surprise you.

I like surprises

You do.

An theres no tellin bout your surprises

Nope. the word came out of her mouth O PA  he liked how it left her mouth open inviting

A beer tonight

Ohmy, that would be nice.  Off at five, charging guards for dinner.

Ill pick you up sevenseventhirty  I want you to relax

Im relaxed around you.

Time for yourself  We all need that kind of time

You’re swee . . 

. . I am not  

              I like you very much

I like you like me . . I like you very much too.

Seventhirty

It’s a date.

Shay turned him inside out

he didnt think he had to say

he thought it was evident

if she asked hed say

for the time being it seemed to go without saying

suntime,  Saturday,  April9  2022

1349,  Twosday,  24  5. 22

Doris Day  The Deadwood Stage  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlN9mMi6TPM

butterballs a mite suggestive

                              albeit dependent upon the makeupcomposition of ones mind butterballs went to the heart of his graymatter

it didnt help things that the waitress Shay Don’t call me a server I’m a waitress, a waitress, and I’m right proud of it; I’m a damn good waitress . . when I want to be.  she was a card  offered himhe repeated Butterballs when she asked how many he might need  Butterballs  Depends  How big are the balls

she smiled an admixture of humour slyness cruelty made him think of bedding her   They come in paper cups.

Two balls per cup or

Two balls per cup.

Which makes perfect sense

It does.

Scoop them yourself

I do.

The large stack of blueberry pancakes  three or four

They’re plattersize, three.

Hmm plattersize huh   Think Ill need sixeight butterballs

Ill fix ya up dandy . . ya won’t be wanting for balls.

he rolled his eyes

she laughed

I strike you as someone keen for ballsIm a little surprised usually butter comes wrapped in foil . .

. . Those are butterchips.   Butterballs roll off the tongue easier . . don’t you think?

I cant begin to tell ya wha I think

she winked

             Hear you loud and clear.

 

breakfast was delicious

healthy serving of fresh blueberries per pancake they took four papercupsno syrup side of thickcut floppy bacon  strong black coffee

                    Shay knocked it out of the park

settling up the billhe tipped twentyfive percent

                                                 Receipt?

Please

returning to the table Shay handed him the receipt and two papercups nestled together  For you.

For me

For your balls.

My blueballs

Ifya say. Take a gander.  there was that admixture going off in her face again like Fourth of July fireworks

I will thank you

You’re welcome. It was a pleasurehope  hope you come   come again. 

                                                                             that was loaded

 

in the car he gandered

                        Shay two numbers  sometimes breakfasts become more than just a breakfast if things played out hed have to have her in her waitress uniform all those scents smells her would be sensual  delectable

an All-You-Can-Eat breakfast

suntime,  Saturday,  April9 2022

1209, Twosday,  24  5. 22

CSN&Y  Our House  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKYjUn-SBcg 

a woman screamed in the night  

somewhere in the neighbourhood north of him

                                                         once

he froze 

        wishing he had a bats a dolphins echolocation preferably a bats dolphins looked humouredsmilin bats got tha pusssnarl thad make a villain run in the opposite direction

only one time

he waited tenfifteen minuteslistening listening for tussle struggle upset  anything above usual night sounds

                                                                                                                   it was a still night birds had roosted   no dogshe figured dogs would have bayed had they been out

only once

 

  he headed inside 

                     all he had My thawas one hell of a scream

got him right in the balls

   

2134,  Twosday,  17  5. 22

1406,  Monday,  23  5. 22

Crow  Evil Woman Don’t You Play Your Games with Me  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbtHje7GpbA

the blacker the berry 

                      an old folk saying the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice  title of a satire by Mr Wallace Thurman 

          his character Emma Lou Morgan internalises biases against dark-complexioned people

but we don have to internalise bias and prejudice against black people 

America hangs it out in the open like dirty laundry for anyone who cares to look can see

                                                                                             belies code 

                                                                                                           which they

white supremacists believe is clever 

                                       playing footsie with plausible deniability  euphemistic innuendo facetious

probably best we stop with code whitey has trouble with multisyllable words gets tonguetiedconfused Whadya say? better talk like monkeys Ooh ooh awh awh stand flatfootedleaning on knuckles 

                                                                                       Imagine that! paints the same picture they paint of black people which is utterly correct   were human beings

the provocation was Karine Jean-Pierres first White House press briefing an elegant smart young woman her black skin in contrast with her lemonyellow dress was breathtaking

he was sure manymany people were upset

                                              she certainly doesnt talk like former

1651,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  18  5. 22

340preferred,  Monday,  23  5. 22

Kendrick Lamar  The Blacker the Berry  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghv-qwwmG6M 

former speaks like an 8-year old  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-language-level-speaking-skills-age-eight-year-old-vocabulary-analysis-a8149926.html

  . . fresh green grass . . where do the children play . . . 

                                                             he mused it found its way 

he had lost the little handcarved bone buffalo his girlfriendbefore they were girlfriendboyfriend thoughtfully gave him in 2008completely surprising him  he didnt realise she understood his fondness for buffalo  for bones   their artistry 

they had to meet a second timemonths apart before they coalescedcaught fire  

as abysmal their first meeting was was as enchanting their second     

it blew their minds

he had carried the buffalo with him every day since

 

it fell from a holesonofabitch in a pocket of his athletic shorts  Sonofabitch       

returned homerealising he had he called her immediately

they played phonetag

finally they spoke early eveningfor which he was grateful the sun hadnt set he knew telling her in the dark would be hard on him 

             The Hemingway line whawas it  YesThe Sun Also Rises  It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing.  it stuck with himhed never lose that  there was only one hole big enough to steal it from him

Are you okay? Your messages made me nervous.

Im sorry to worry you I had to tell you I . . I coudnt leave it to a message

he confessed

   

       he concluded  Im depressed Ive lost too many people I love as you know  an the little buffalo consoled me

I know that sounds nuts but its true  hed become a talisman  helped fortify me when I was unable to reach you

I am sorry.

Thank you

          Thank you for sharing giving him to me   He is irreplaceable

 

slowlyslowly slowly  he retraced his walkingreading steps

                                                                he couldnt say how many driedyellow broken leaves and bits of trash paper looked like him 

he found two dimes three pennies two carbusted dead young squirrels

suntime,  Sunday,  22  5. 22

1143,  Monday,  23  5. 22

Cat Stevens  Where Do the Children Play?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPHawByQeQo 

Man ohman . . you’re pitiful.

I didnt share with you for you to condemn me

Condem . .

. . Call me pitiful Yare takin your soullessness to a hole new level  h-o-l-e

 

It shouldn’t be that big a deal.

Whaif ya lost your wedding ring

kneejerk You can’t compare the two.

I made the comparison

                        An making it yaoughta be able to understand  if ya took a breath if ya stood in my shoesmy moccasins in my fuckin stocking feet

                                          You that devoid of consideration empathy

No.  But it’s just a thing.

You didnt answer my question

Your question?

        he chirped like a cricket to make his point was it possible he was that dense

Oh . . yeah . wedding ring . .

. . If you had a fondness for your wedding ring or your wife or your relationship  Or are they backburner shit in your life

Talk about considera . .

. . You provoked me

                      Just a thing

No.   A wedding ring is different.

It isnt different its symbolic Ya don get to deliberate whais or isnt for me Ya can expect it to be flung back in your face brother

You don't see the difference?

  I made the comparison

                             Yathink I made it halfassed

Halfassed?you said it not me.

                                 Yes.

You ought to know me better Maybe if I knocked you down a couple times youd better understand me

he sniffed as if he was contemplating a challenge

figured he better piss on that

                              My bloods up Youll have to tell me if you see boids or stars circling your head when you come to  regain consciousness   As upset as I am I might knock ya into tomorrow

                                                                                         Hope you have no plans today

Are you threatening me?

Fact not a threat a bluff I don do either which you know if you know me as well as you ought to as I know you

Yare not stupid

Should I take that as a compliment?

Better a compliment than an icebag for your head steak for your eye

I’m not stupid.

                If I lost my wedding ring I’d be very upset.

Thank you thank you Thank you for the acknowledgment

                                                               Im telling you it hurts that bad A thing is a thing is a thing isnt always a thing Shakespeare

Don be so quick to the trouble

Be considerate when someone tells you it is a matter of the heart

                                                                      Hearts don think  they are

Ill concede I am pitifully romantic  nostalgic

2053,  Sunday,  22  5. 22

1309,  Monday,  23  5. 22

Cat Stevens  Sitting  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ8_qVPyh3c

double aught double aughtcouldnt remember the last time he saw it

would have been New Years if he had a digital clockhe didnt

                                                                 cautiously he provided all things digitalconvenient wide berth particular to avoid its rash infection   defection

she wrinkled her nosesomething smell bad What are you trying to prove, going off the reservation? 

                                                                                                      Reservation  I thought better of you You didnt think that through before ya opened your mouth didya 

                                                                                    They wereare prisons forced indoctrination forced God forced culture enforced deprivation  places where human beings wereare denatured

her face hovered a mixupmishmash of distaste anger upset   they thought they were friends 

I see yes yes   Its understandable you believe yare due your disgust that was scathing but  but that was my intention Im not sure wha your intention was  You know me better than most

I’m sorry, you can be so wearisom . .

. . Tiresome too 

                  But you know that  No need for sorry 

I have known that.

Not nothing new  Seems Ive outrun your tolerance patience  yare frustrated 

                                                                                   Perhaps I don know perhaps ya thought you coud change me A projectmake me better remake me in your image   Yacant

 

   double aught double aught

             00:00

     an end or a beginning

WednesdayThursday,  18,19  5. 22

1044,  Sunday,  22  5. 22

Jewel  Do You  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EPMOU--rxM

there are celebritieseven today an there were celebrities

some celebritiesHA he didnt follow popular culturewasnt connected wasnt hampered or antagonised   influenced 

media points fingers at the internet  its not  Yutzes   its smartphone internet access  social media  apps  socalled conveniences their inherent downside darkside  seemed queer not to admitted thatqueer as FOX operating inside America identifing the enemy within projecting  they are not free press deserving Constitutional rights or protection  agenda  greed  propaganda  antidemocratic  the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters of the 50s wouldnt confer its seal to FOX  “(2b) In developing programs to foster and promote the commonly America hasnt common sense any longer  commonly accepted moral, social, and ethical ideals characteristic of American life.”  to be sure Jim Crow was rife then  but beyond later Supreme Courts ruled formed precedents to provide and protect human beings civil rights  albeit it now slippingaway wallowed in the muck and miretrench of ideology  unhinged from justice or truth  stripping the scales from Themis maybe forgetting she holds a lethal broadsword in her other hand

Where ya going with this  asked one of his interiorsinterrogators

Forgive me  A Sunday morning rant  Better than church

                                                           Thanks for swinging in on a vine Tarzan

 

Just trying to keep the narrativeyour point going forward

I understand

             Celebrities  I don follow them today find them unworthy the exception they believe theyre due  When I think of celebrities the Golden Age of Hollywoodyes I understand it wasnt truly golden it was flawed  but throwup Monroe Cooper Capra Grant nevermind  simple assessment  fake celebritieslike fake tits  in a word Kardashians

Jimmy Stewart didnt make a sextape

                                      OHbrutha  interior howled

 

 Not badhuh    Just aint authentic

337preferred,  ReggaeFriday,  20  5. 22

1227,  Sunday,  22  5. 22

Television Code  http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6558/