we were in bed and she started to fight: "you son of a bitch! you just wait a minute, I'll get you!:
I began laughing: "what's the matter? what's the matter?"
"you son of a bitch!" she screamed.
I held her hands as she squirmed.
she was a couple of decades younger than I a health food freak. she was VERY strong.
"you son of a bitch! I'll get you!" she screamed.
I rolled on top of her with my 225 pounds and just layed it there on her.
"uugg, oooo, my God, that's noFAIR, oooo, my God!:
I rolled off and walked into the other room and sat on the couch.
"I'll get you, bastard," she said, "you just wait!"
"just don't bite it off," I said, "or you'll make a half dozen women very unhappy."
she climbed up on the headboard of my bed (it did have a flat though narrow surface) and sat perched there watching the news on tv. the tv faced the bedroom and it illuminated her as she sat up there on the headboard.
"I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're just as crazy as the rest of them."
"be quiet," she said, "I want to watch the news!"
"look," I said, "I'll..."
"SHUSH!" she said.
and there she was up on the headboard of my bed really watching the news. I accepted her that way.
Charles Bukowski |