RED RUM

Posted by on Dec 19, 2017

(’82)

@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @

-Thunder & lightning at dawn, ///
a great flash &
10 million cracking whips –
the lights go out,,,
my rubber-covered,
shock-proof,
water-proof flashlight
doesn’t work…

-I find a candle in a kitchen drawer…
the heavy rain stops,
the sun starts to rise…

-I think of RED RUM,
murder, spelled backwards,
written on the wall
at the scene of the crime.

-Famous nutritionist
Professor Howard Appledorf
was suffocated in his condominium
near the University of Florida campus
at Gainesville,
sacrificee in a ritual
conducted by four male prostitutes,
who drank Budweisers
& feasted on submarine sandwiches
as he gasped for air and died,
his head covered with a canvas bag –

-A few days later
the victim’s car was spotted
by New York City police –
wild chase, suspect apprehended,
dragnet out for others.

-The professor had achieved
notoriety in the 70’s
as a defender of the nutritional value
of junk food –

-On WCBS, Channel 2,
a New York City Police spokesman
declares the case solved,
wiping what looks like
a potato chip crumb from his mustache.

-The thunder & lightning resume,
the candle is almost out,
30% chance of rain today
says the voice on the radio.

@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @