Friday, 1 February 2013

"Track 1" [a short story]

It was round about midnight when we rolled into Nebraska
How exactly we were going to hunt down our favoured Asian mystic in the light
- I was not sure
My thought train shattered by the crooning beside me -
Loretta was hungry and it dawned philosophical enlightenment would not be possible
with her a'caterwauling
Pulling into an all-night burger joint
A glint in the rearviewmirror reminds me of a spherical lampshade I used to own.
"Man of the moment" Steven Bunting serves up several super-sized and as the lukewarm meat ingests I reflect on my journey

Back in the Caddy' the sounds of "Devia Kokomo" from the radio blast
If intrauterine genocide punk were a style - these cats sure played it well
Her belly full of meat, Loretta drifts off beside me
The radio barely audible over her snoring
Pulling up at a red light I just make out the announcement "...war"
President Robert Buttons taking on China? O ladyboy-ladyboy!
Like my fifth time on acid suddenly this trip's taken a turn for the worse
And that's when it dawned -

I'd come all this way for an Asian mystic to predict my future?
My future had just fallen into place
- I needed to escape this country before the draft came in.
I'm heading for the coast - it's decided
First task, leave Loretta somewhere
Second task?