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Sonnets From Other Lives: Les

--What say you & me step outside &
discuss our business without all this crowd.
--Sure, Les—Dumbass answers with a side-
long glance around the room. –Am I allowed
to finish my drink first? Les gives him one
of his fisheye looks—the one that shrivels
guy’s nuts nearly as deftly as a gun
in the face. –Alright Dumbass, your drivel
& worthless bullshit is worth waiting for.
I’ve waited weeks to have this conversation.
Now I don’t have to look for you no more,
I intend to resolve this situation
once and for all. Dumbass I know you know
what happens when you don’t pay what you owe.