Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Sounds Of The City - As Heard By Henry Moses

High heels hurriedly clicking on pavement. 

Muffled saxophones spilling out from bars as people stumble out for a cigarette.

Tipsy girls laughing on their way into a brightly lit pizza parlor. 

A hungry alley cat meowing for food. 

Police sirens howling in the distance. 

An old man begging for spare change. 

That same old man whistling at a college girl. That girl’s boyfriend saying “Are you asking for a beating old man?” 

The old man replying “You college boys always got such smart mouths?” 

The college boy saying “Bring it on oldtimer”. 

The old man pulling out a gun and saying “Life’s a bitch and then you die”. The gun firing and people screaming. 

The old man flipping a coin at the lifeless body and saying “Here’s a quarter. Go downtown and learn some fucking manners.” 

Then the old man fires off two warning shots into the night sky yelling “Aloha from Hawaii, you bunch of pricks."

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