JIMMYS 7-PART FIRE-DIARY SIDE-NOTE
PART III
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Live from 3rd date hike in Eaton Canyon on January 7th,
Jimmy lies back onto the rocks of a ravine
And he cannot help himself, he is auditioning
“Should we bring this water bottle? I filled it.” Jimmy asked, back in the lot.
“No, we should drink it now.”
“Good idea. We’ll drink now so we don’t have to carry it.”
“Wow, you brought a lot... What SPF is that? 50???”
Jimmy watched her take a sip
Imagined himself skiing down her upper lip
On the trail,
The dog stayed attached to her hip, no leash necessary
It was in his German blood
The trouble was that he must also keep Jimmy, the suspect, in sight, as any good cop does
Uncertain of his place on the trail,
The dog runs amok into the cacti until
Jimmy was blamed, ordered to take the lead
so that the German Shepard could satisfy his anal breeding
Jimmy K. Stayed attached to her hip, no leash necessary
It was written in his mutts blood
The trouble was that he must also keep his dog-son in mind
as any good auditioning father does
Up in the lead, Jimmy hopes she is staring fondly upon his back and regretting the backpack he so nerdily packed
As they came to a clearing, Jimmy assumed
the posture of a dog in attack
to engage the kid’s violent nature
Hoping to learn if her “worse” ex-boyfriend
Was black?
Syd used to take him and his mom on hikes
Chest puffed, arms hairy, jeweled in the same silver now worn by Jimmy
Mom was protected by Syd’s 7 mutt army
Jimmy The Kid could take a load off, finally
She climbs up a tree, telling Jimmy to follow
“Up here, my dog can’t intervene…” she says, promisingly.
Indeed, the kid is stuck below
nothing he can do to stop Jimmy,
who earns himself ten thousand cock torpedoes
“I love kissing you under this tree…
I want to say it is pine
But I’m not seeing straight
All I can see is the movie in my mind
I get like this sometimes,”
offers Jimmy.
Crickets.
She hops down.
“Did you know Rudolf Steiner believes that all bugs are ruled by one soul?” she asks
On their 2nd date,
Jimmy had joked that her indifference
was his catnip
When she did this cool thing
Where she gave Jimmy her parking ticket
And told him to pay it
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