he
came
through
the door
donned a hard hat
and shouted
"think safety!"
the six of them
became so drunk that
they attempted
to play pool with
their cocks (apparently
one was more successful than
the others)
he sat dejected
on the fourth step
and confessed that
because of her absence
he had no interest
in the party or
the concert afterward
he had ingested
so much wine that
when he awakened
the next morning
his equilibrium was
gone
the landlord came
on Sunday night
and knocked on the door
for ten minutes because
she knew that he was
up there hiding in his room
and he was (he had lost
the rent money
at the track)
he lay face down
in the drain of
the tub and
continued to
regurgitate
the salsa and beer
when he arrived home
at 2:30 in the morning
he popped some NoDoz
smoked a joint and
proceeded to craft
a rack for the pool cues
from scrap wood and
used shoelaces
his mother had left him
6 new pairs of socks
a package of underwear
and two fresh towels
so he decided to
bathe
when the ladies entered the restroom
they realized that it had not been cleaned in months
they spent the evening
listening to Johnny Hartman records
drinking Wild Irish Rose
and forgetting
he sat on the edge of
his bed unable to move
unable to do anything
without the room
spinning and
he prayed to God
(in whom he did not believe)
for redemption
after a concentrated search
for the source of the stench
it was finally determined
that the cats had been
pissing and shitting
up inside the recliner
he tried to remain focused on
practicing his instrument
as the over-anxious pounding
continued however
when Prince's "Soft and Wet"
suddenly became the soundtrack
for the loss of his roommate's
virginity he had to stop
and take a moment to reflect
his skin was so badly
burned that his red afro
appeared bleached blonde
in comparison
the argument continued
until the phone rang
and an opportunity to
get drunk and
get laid
presented itself
after the band had played
several of them gathered
in the freezing loft
to discuss exit strategies
and write songs
for the new splinter group
Head
they found him passed out using a milk crate
for a pillow and his amp for a leg rest
the dishes were stacked
3 feet high and the kitchen
stank like boiled roadkill
but the standoff continued
on the day that
the dirty old man
died
the house was
burglarized and
as he inspected
the mostly empty rooms
he noticed that
the burglars had
left the screen door
hanging open so he accepted
the ironic gift and
walked
out
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