The Captain is Out to Lunch
Chapter One
Good day at the track, damn near swept the card.
Yet it gets boring out there, even when you're winning. It's the 30 minute wait between races, your life leaking out into space. The people look gray out there, walked through. And I'm there with them. But where else could I go? An Art Museum? Imagine staying home all day and playing at writer? I could wear a little scarf. I remember this poet who used to come by on the bum. Buttons off his shirt, puke on his pants, hair in eyes, shoelaces undone, but he had this long scarf which he kept very clean. That signaled that he was a poet. His writing? Well, forget it....
Came in, swam in the pool, then went to the spa. My soul is in danger. Always has been.
Was sitting on the couch with Linda, the good dark night descending, when there was a knock on the door. Linda got it.
"Better come here, Hank..."
I walked to the door, barefooted, in my robe. A young blond guy, a young fat girl and a medium sized girl.
"They want your autograph..."
"I dorft see people," I told them. ... read full excerpt from: The Captain is Out to Lunch ebook
