Two By A.J. Huffman
Fuck Machine I am invisible. Until the lights go down and the Jack meets the Coke (over ice, of course) a few times. Then clink! Suddenly he sees me. All shiny and nude (even when I am not). And it is perfect. For an hour or two (on a good/rare night). Then in the morning, he is gone again. Or I am. And does it even matter which one of us disappeared. We are each dissolved back into the reality of our own mundanity. Until further escape is desired/required. And somewhere as the sun goes down again, a telephone sounds its sirened call, that will (no doubt) lead to another inevitable clink! Happy [Hateful] Anniversary – June 5, 2012 The number 5 resonates from inside its markered circle. A silly sentimental scrawl splayed beneath it to [rein]force a remembrance I now wish I could forget as I sit here shredding any and all evidence of that fateless day. Riiiii...