EXACTLY 2:07 AM

Isn’t it weird,

how things recur

with such precision?

It’s a question for God,

or at least this mechanic

I know at the university,

the quantum one.

I stick my fork through the

cheese and into a fat shrimp.

“Yes! Mmm…”

My eyes roll back,

like they tend to do

at buttery times like these.

You smile.

“I’m not kidding,” I say…

“It’s this lactose intolerance;

I know, down to the minute

when the knife will slice

through my roiling guts

to make me atone for the way

I’m making love to this dish

of shrimp, garlic, and

half pound of butter.”

The oyster on the little fork

in your hand drips sauce;

your eyebrows say “really?”

“Yup, just when the rems

get coasting for a long run

through one of those multiverses

the mechanic keeps going on about…

I’ll roll over and cry out…

Ow!

Ow!

Through a clenched grin.

You’ll wake up with a sigh

to tell me I should know better...

I wipe the grease from my lips;

“Wow! Look at the size of this one!

Mmm, mmm!”

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

dear Vol
i say eat what you desire, as long as you don’t wake up every night with stomach cramps…. life is too short! i say indulge….you may not live as long , but you’ll be a happy camper… and i love shrimp too! just returned from Northern Fla. where shrimp is a delicacy…..nice write!
Warmly, B
PS did you forget to choose a prompt today? didn’t see one!

[Lorry]

Whats that saying about a moment on the hips, overtime for the morticians or something like that! 😀
Ive gotta watch what i eat and drink now, ever since long covid volumes 1 and 2 attacked my gut.
I have noticed that im always burping at 4:44am, no matter what ive eaten or drank. I mean how does a glass of water make you burp for crying out loud!
But then again maybe i dont pay attention to tge time the other 26 times i burp through the night or maybe 4:44 is a sign that im two thirds of the way to hell. Who knows!
🤣

[redd Brick Keshner]

That has got to be a perfect image of me and crustaceans 🦞 apart from and with a bevy of dairy 🥛 products 🧈 mmm… sometimes the lactaid pills 💊 and antihistamines fail as well…

[Soren]

I'm afraid I'm such a man. I say you only go around once and I always was for quality not quantity. What good is a long miserable life when you can have a short happy one. A most lovely write.

[Vol]

Soren,
Amen, my brother...
Vol

[ETERNITY]

I love this! You are such a man!
After going through all that, you say, "Wow! Look at the size of this one!
Mmmm Mmmm!"
Some guys make me giggle like a little girl...
You make me laugh out loud without shame!

[Vol]

You know what shame is for? It's for when you HURT somebody on purpose... Enjoying life, climbing past your limit, laughing so hard you break a rib and keep on laughing anyway, listening to some sweet deep blues in the kitchen at night, a slow dance all the way till dawn... and when they point a finger, just laugh and say... "You need to get a life."
Vol

[ETERNITY]

What a romantic you are, Volcano! I adore you.

[ETERNITY]

NO SHORT LIVES ALLOWED! ALL ARE GONNA BE LONG LIVES!

[Vol]

I'm thinking about 300 years... with the body of a 25 year old...

[ETERNITY]

Stay like you are. I demand it. Oh, sorry. PM please?