Monday, Aug. 27, 2007 - 9:02 p.m.
Lazer Elves and Laughing Faries
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another wonderful evening
another wonderful sunset
with Jinky at the beach
and all his anxious dog rivals
outraged at his easy freedom
while they are perma-tethered
and must poop on command
An older German lady
I had chatted with before
about God and society
approached me tonight
and asked when did i last cut my hair?
I said i don't remember
and she said if I ever do cut my hair
would i consider donating my long hair
to cancer patients.. hmm
.............maybe
But i will promise
I won't thow it away and clog up the sewer
not if some chemo therapy person
could give my ponytail a good home
as well, some other German people
and their series of dogs & kids
were there watching the sunset
the kids wearing Euro bright
sunshiney cartoon clothes
in formation near their dogs and parents
while the local kids
as casual as casual can be casual
wore dollar store
gansta drab baggy clothes
and were in a state
of autonomous wildness
that the Euro kids found so delicious
Jinkys local kid fans
the gansta casuals
ran up to me and begged
if they could borrow him
for some fun'
I said sure and
let them carry him away
he was soon chasing shoelaces
and feathers running
the whole width of the meadow
at a frantic pace
as the hommie kids screeched in delight
the German boy
approached the joyful fracus
and poilitely asked the oldest boy
in good English
for permission to join in
Ya sure
and he then waved his little girl cousin over
to enter the games
they too without distinction
were soon schreeching
and waving to get Jinkys attention
by this time the kids
had moved the focus of their cat games
way over by the oak grove
and were now lifting Jinky up
and using his flailing paws
as a weapon against each other
in mock battle
I went over and asked them
to not sucker him in like that
leave him on the ground
don't use his claws for harm
thats not the way
to get along in this world
and i would be watching
to ensure that they treat him right
thats life-
the big watch out for the small
and every single day we live
there are more smaller beings
for us to watch over
well that liberal lecture
put a lid on the festivities
and a hint of shame
slowed down the action considerably
but not for long-
one of the boys pulled out
a little lazer pen,
a rare and wonderful bargain
he called aloud
only $1.50 at the Dollar Store
and for a few minutes
he held the others in awe
with his powers of red light spots
shining on distant objects
trees, trash cans.
passing cars
street signs
illuminating the chrome
their own mute parked bicycles
Jinky had never seen a lazer pen
and was super excited to chase
the dancing red dot of light
across the grass and again
i approached the kids with orders
not to shine it in his eyes
Its all valid requests
but it was party pooper material,
... again,
wow did I feel old
i hung back watching carefully
to make absolute sure
I didn't end up with a blind kitten
and a bunch of kids in denial
I left them to look at the lake
as the last ray of the sun sparkled
I could relax
and knew the kids would never
intentionally harm Jinky
nobody meant any harm
the air was full of
gert along with happiness vibes
when i wandered back
to check on the
lazer antics thing
a few minutes later
i could hear Jinkys little bell
ringing overtime
and the kids laughing
in absolute glee
seems kids still have a secret world
and are still expert at communicating
aspects of that secret world to each other
I could see that
the bigger boy
was shinng the red lazer light
at the rwo girls
sprawled on the grass
aiming the red dot of doom
at their feet and bare legs
while a very animated Jink
was climbing theit girl skin
to get at the dancing scarlet dot
the kids got braver
and advanced the path of the light
dangerously towards the girls bare thighs
and Jinky jumped at the opportunity
the light was played upon
the girls tummies
as they laid on the grass
into their belly buttons
and Jinky dived right up their t shirts
to get the light treasure
the girls whooped in delight
at being felt up by a kitten in public
well. off to one side
near Mom Dad & the dogs
in public
the international kid gang
was in an uproar
at the site of lazer mischief
and Jinky made the most of it
darting from girl to girl
like a loght hungry Casanova
lime green croc shoes were flying
small red cats
were tunnelling into girls clothing
giggling filled the air
as long as they weren't shinng
the dangerous lazer into Jinkys' eyes
I had no quarrel with any of them
The kids were in an envious state of
late summer hyper hilarity
but the battery of the little lazer light
began to sputter
and eventually cut off altogether
that was that
no more magic show
the kids slipped away
and the biggest boy
who was maybe 9 or 10
owner of the dead lazer pen
picked up Jinky
and carried him over to me
to return whom he had borrowed
but said nothing
what could anybody say?
when Fairys and Elves are at play
at this point some well meaning
random retired guy
in white shorts
walked his mountain bike
over to me and Jinky
standinmg at the meadows edge
and started to talk about
wind power VS nuclear energy
ar which point the elves and faries
completely melted away
and rejoined their human families
and became just kids again
and the magic fire chasing love lion
became just little Jinky again
the sun disappeared
the crickets came out
and the street lights faded on
