08-02-2019, 01:01 PM
Once Upon a Time in Some Suburb
It was my night.
A free night.
I'd spent weeks planning it;
finished my shift,
walked the dog,
paid the bills,
worked the girlfriend,
exhaled...
you know, that kind of night...
I started by smoking
a little hash
I'd been hoarding
for just this occasion
and chased it
with three
quick
shots
of tequila
for balance.
The Hip Flask
would hold four more
but I wanted to be sure
so I filled it to overflowing,
stuck it in my jacket pocket
like an assassin's pistol
and proceeded down Church Street
to the Cineplex
for the 8:50 premiere
of the new Tarantino movie.
I think it cost me
about three-hundred bucks
but I got the biggest buttered popcorn available
with a super-sized Sprite.
(Normally I prefer Coke
but I thought the citrus of Sprite
might play more friendly
with the contents
of my Hip-Flask
and after all
I had some alchemy going
and needed to make sober calculations).
Three hours later
I emerged from the theater
wrecked-
not from the hash
or even the tequila-
they were just extras
and their contracts were up.
My gut insisted I was golden,
but my head was swimming.
I've been hungover three days now
and thought it was time I talked about it.
I shouldn't see movies alone.
It was my night.
A free night.
I'd spent weeks planning it;
finished my shift,
walked the dog,
paid the bills,
worked the girlfriend,
exhaled...
you know, that kind of night...
I started by smoking
a little hash
I'd been hoarding
for just this occasion
and chased it
with three
quick
shots
of tequila
for balance.
The Hip Flask
would hold four more
but I wanted to be sure
so I filled it to overflowing,
stuck it in my jacket pocket
like an assassin's pistol
and proceeded down Church Street
to the Cineplex
for the 8:50 premiere
of the new Tarantino movie.
I think it cost me
about three-hundred bucks
but I got the biggest buttered popcorn available
with a super-sized Sprite.
(Normally I prefer Coke
but I thought the citrus of Sprite
might play more friendly
with the contents
of my Hip-Flask
and after all
I had some alchemy going
and needed to make sober calculations).
Three hours later
I emerged from the theater
wrecked-
not from the hash
or even the tequila-
they were just extras
and their contracts were up.
My gut insisted I was golden,
but my head was swimming.
I've been hungover three days now
and thought it was time I talked about it.
I shouldn't see movies alone.