Showing posts with label the palace at 3am. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the palace at 3am. Show all posts

Friday, May 10, 2013

…my patch




the bastard should really be inside.

it's late. 

not debilitating in the morning late…

but…

late enough that I should. 

I could watch some schlock on Netflix…

like supernatural. 

yeah…

I like that shit…

you got a problem wit dat?

anyways…

it was a bit of a crap night. 


the bastard came home in a shit mood and the bar was well into it's douchetoberfest activities…

activities I have been working at putting up with it but my mood made it hard. 

and the cop up one and next door was having folks over…

and he's entitled. 

we don't see him around much so I can't bag on him when he does a throwdown. 

street crime is not a fun job I'm sure. 

but after stepping out here with and old fashioned and a half eaten bag of fritos…

officer streetcrime has the moment of clarity his friends (especially the one who was playing his voicemail on speaker off of the balcony) clearly do not have and takes it inside. 

so…

it's me…

and an old fashioned…

and an empty bag…

and my patch of concrete, enjoying the late night silence…

and the occasional hum of the midtown tunnel. 

I grouse a lot…

because I like to…

but I stay here…

because I love to. 

—the bastard


Thursday, May 09, 2013

life in these Long Island cities…




humid as hell…

yer man waltzes out into the street to get his 'go home' on…

expecting some manner of Thursday night bullshit from behind my home. 

yer man is pleasantly surprised to find that Thursday night has either taken it elsewhere tonight…

or…

perhaps decided staying inside the bomb shelter that is the bar behind my home. 

it was a nice change of pace. 

the bastard can't say it'll always be like this but it's these little surprises that make it all good in the hood. 

so, the babby and I hung out on the balcony instead of having story time…

and she told me about her day. 

it's the kind of stuff I can get used to. 

sort of how right now I can hear the angry man of the building's daughter running around their yard right now (silly rabbit, I told you I opted to not take that job here) which means it's 11:30. 

so tonight it's a glass of whiskey in the garden of good and evil for the bastard…

and I may take it on the balcony. 

domestic bliss in airquotes.

—the bastard