various miscreants

May 15, 2008 at 7:14 pm | Posted in blogging, prosepoemthingy, writing | 12 Comments
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and diverse shadowy deals done, he wipes his grimey hands on the red, white and blue of his apron, the sun has set and the evening traffic dulls into the faint flat hum of machines generally propogating the myth that contentment can be achieved through low commerce, he scratches his balls as he steps into the tub, ahh well, life is understood only in retrospect, it is lived forward and improvised,

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in the olden days butchers wore blue and white aprons which often would get a little reddened.

Comment by Paul— May 15, 2008 #
indeed the sun has set on the human souls, with the body and the mind running lives unknown, taken over by bloody hands forsook by love, and humming machines. This piece was fantastic, like the soul peering through the mind…

Comment by Sumedh— May 15, 2008 #
This is a fabulous piece – you’ve given him such a distinctive voice in so few lines. Nice one.

Comment by Simonne— May 15, 2008 #
butcher indeed

Comment by ozymandiaz— May 16, 2008 #
…is it really that simple… a nice hot bath and contemplation… if only… it’s all abt the comma came over from christina’s place…

Comment by OneMoreBeliever— May 16, 2008 #
a dark and real and three-dimensional snapshot. great.

Comment by peterandthehare— May 16, 2008 #
Good stuff. I don’t usually get a glimpse of a butcher at the end of his day. I hate it when me scratch their balls in public. At least he is in the privacy of his own bathroom, at least he thinks so…

I love your poem on Asphalt Sky. Good enough to read and re-read, and I will.

Comment by mariacristina— May 16, 2008 #
I meant to say, when men….., not me. i have none. and I’m glad, not envious.

Comment by mariacristina— May 16, 2008 #
He’s a butcher and scratches his balls with the hand that wielded the knife? Is that really a good idea? Life is only lived forward…as far as we know. Some physicists would disagree.

Comment by Writer Reading— May 16, 2008 #
love that last line

Comment by lissa— May 17, 2008 #
A ha ha ha! Nice pc statement you open up the comments with- and hear I was thinking red white and blue to mean the American flag

Seriously, I liked this in a disturbed kind of way. How true, sad.
Duck! haha, not me, in a kind of disturbed way,

Comment by harmonie22— May 17, 2008 #
surreal and pragmatic

Comment by Jade— May 18, 2008 #