Benjamin Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 "Can I get your usual?" She said. And the man, (a friend of a friend, who'd had her,) cracked a lascivious smile. "You look tired!" He muttered. "Burning it both ends!" She said, serving him. Beer squirted into a tilted glass she held with practised ease; amber, cool, nursed to a creamy head. "Got shit-faced Friday and screwed the postman!" She said. "Shagged a mate on Saturday who's parted from his wife: then, spent Sunday with an old girl friend who keeps pestering me for sex... I like girls too--" she smiled sweetly, "but they can be such bitches. Keep saying that I'll give them up!" "You do couples too?" The man proferred. "Tried it a few times," she smiled wryly; "always ends up with me the focal point." "Still, if you enjoy it---" he said. "Tic-tac-toe" she laughed, "no winners!" I perused the particles of inner space that swirled within my drink. Thought of galaxies: billions of stars, light years of creation, black holes, gravity and dark energy. Touched on eternity and then-- three score and ten. And wondered-- if the spark of life returns to infinity after it's vessel has been tapped.... A rotting sailing ship came to mind, with shredded sails that no longer catch the wind. I shrugged--- Was tempted to think of Popeye and Olive, but decided not to go there. Accepted that every thing is stardust and finished my drink. The barstool twirled as I stood up and walked towards the door.... "A most peculiar man," I heard her say. "He seldom speaks!" Recalling her "tic-tac-toe" I smiled, then left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Geoff, this is absolutely delightful! A cosmological Bukoski... The depth of the naturalist with the keen insight of physicist. This is my (new) favorite of yours. I loved it! Juris Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 Thanks Juris. They say you're never alone with a book--- but people can be just as stimulating. Even if you choose not to interact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 It's as though you are seeing your sojourn at the bar as ironic as it gets. Your characters are created by their words, and I can almost touch them. To me, bars are poetry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Accepted that every thing is stardust I would have had to have finished the drink FIRST before realizing that, and you did it sober. :) Brings back many memories -good, bad, indifferent- of the bar days.....I agree with Paco above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Thanks guys. It takes all sorts to make a world and there's few more instantly intimate places to witness it than in a public bar. Cheers. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randver Askmadr Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Damn good poetry is damn good poetry, and that is DAMN GOOD POETRY!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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