pike and pine

oh yes, his mexican roots gave him footing in the badlands when he had to run from the bulls back in the days before hundred dollar bills. his mama was a cowpokin' bitch, if you know what i mean. his daddy ran off like the rest of em, but he left behind a stinkin' pile of mean old bear turds for his sons to pick up along the road of life. whats that old sayin'? To never have been born is the greatest boon of all? yeah, shit, his brothers taught him how to be a man before therapy was a fad and before botox. hallelujah, they used to sing high to the rafters, and oh lord was it a fine day. he had no spray painted rv and no lifelong dreams. afternoons with his pictures and tea waiting for the sun to go down.