he couldnt nod offNope
spent a week backEast Midwest two hour time difference
while he was there he treated it
as real time
when the sidewalks rolledup no
one wandered the neighbourhood he squeezed those two hours for all they were
worth
when his father
said goodnight at Eleven Nine his time he rolled with Ninehed recoup when he got
home it was only a week hed cheat himself
at Home
he couldnt lie to his catsthey were on him queen october she poked him with the tine of a nailtapped
the crystal of her Atomic watch with it Let’s get a move on, Poncho. Time to rise an shine like ya like to say.
Poncho. thats what they affectionately called him
wondered what their unaffectionate appellation
was
yah Poncho okay he was no Cisco Kid
Wha time is it
Time you got on your feet/off
your ass an fed us, we’re starving. You’re
obliged.
cats arent as independent as they
think he thought
Who said we think?we’re woundup. We intuit, you get into it. We’re Nature’s Way.
Me
too
Don’t flatter yourself.
Coudbe
Shut your piehole. Time to
eat.
Yes Okay as he said he
only cheated himself
which reminded him of some forgotten
chucklehead who at some forgotten time said I’ll sleep when I’m dead.
hed be dead
that aint sleep
a dirt nap
Jesus . .
.
. Not now a mariachi
You return to the city return a
gangster Yare gonnabe cremated
Were going to be cremated
You croak we jump ship
threw him a curve
he had trouble
hitting curves laid down bunts had the speed
to beat the throw
whawas mariachis name was no Nat
King Cole forgettable guys remember girls names guys didnt have a thing he wanted anif a guy remembered his name he was
suspect nothing on his menu for
them a bust in the mouth remembered her Davida a
Jewess from Brooklyn howd
they pack all that on her small frame he wisecracked something crass Yawanna a bust in the mouth? he eyeballed her breasts she cracked him across the face openhanded immediately
felt bad she did I’m sorryso sorry, can
I help you feel better? I’ve never slapped anyone before.
he thought first time for everything eyeballed her breasts again
she cracked him a
second time
he didnt see guysthey didnt exist
it was later when Davida called him
criminally hetero
feeling badcompounded she agreed to go out with him
criminally hetero
she had good reason
on their first date he ravished her
she asked
he ravished her a second
time
Ravished?
Whawoud you call it
I’ve never been before.
he
felt bad for her
though to her creditfor her part she was willing well-oiled supple
had he known he would have begun
slower but one bitehe craved her ate her like messy ribsgnawed her to the bonesnapped
em sucked out her marrow
afterwards thats how she wanted to
be taken
it was only a matter of time before she mentioned she had become was bondagecurious
in the air
approaching Phoenix – 1400, day-between-2-Ts, 20 9.
23
1303, Monday,
16 10. 23
