having some Wild Turkey
and a stick on the back patio
watching cigar reviews
looking at cigar lighters online
I’m having a fairly relaxing night
but these goddamned flies keep pestering me
living around farmland in the summer
can be very fucking aggravating
I wasn’t supposed to drink tonight
my wife and I were going to try and make
it until Friday until we had a drink
well
it’s Tuesday
she called me after work saying
“I really want a drink.
I’ve had a bad day…
…these new procedures with this pandemic…
…added another to my schedule.”
okay, I thought
you don’t have to sell me
she had me at ‘drink’
gives me a good reason to smoke a cigar
but now the goddamned flies are making
my relaxing time almost unbearable
swarming my head like a rotting corpse
I’ve already found two dead
floating in the glass
they went out like men
well, I really don’t know
the anatomy of flies
so it could have been
a little cutie trying
to get my sweet nectar
…so now I’m sexualizing flies?
with the ambiguities of fly fucking
I guess I’m done for the night
the stick’s about burnt
the drink nearly drained
and dinner has probably
been done an hour ago
Gloomy Forebodings 