Saturday, June 28, 2008

Excerpts from a Pizzeria



In the wee hours of this Saturday we happened by Pizza Di Roma when hunger pangs became too much to bear. My small notebook informed us as to the evening's events this morning. It read:


The unfortunate victim of a sprink(u)ler stumbled, soaked into a late night pizzeria. He peed in the face of the handsome cashier, and fell stone dead on the linoleum floor. He trembled, and for a moment, everyone in the room sat in contemplation, recalling their own urine soaked youths. 

Note:
Also, see "Where He Found Himself" by Stephen Dunn for striking similarities.

2 comments:

daniel arnold said...

fine. i'll do all the work.

The new man unfolded a map and pointed to a dark spot on it. 'See, that's how/far away I feel all the time, right here/among all of you.' he said. / 'Yes,' John the gentle mule replied,/'alienation is clearly your happiness.

Anonymous said...

You can ask the blind man, he saw it too.