{"id":1121,"date":"2015-07-02T03:40:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T03:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fictioninternational.sdsu.edu\/wordpress\/?page_id=1121"},"modified":"2015-07-03T23:38:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T23:38:31","slug":"from-the-gutter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fictioninternational.sdsu.edu\/wordpress\/catalog\/issue-47-phobiaphilia\/from-the-gutter\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Gutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>By Ryan Francis Kelly<\/h3>\n<p><strong>All Rights Reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p \n\n<p \n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm rattle.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm clash.<br \/>\nThis bowling alley, it pukes &amp; rallies. Bum drum machines recording<br \/>\nnumbers in rolling tallies. Dilly dallies &amp; silly fallacies. Oh please, they all<br \/>\ntease. Get over your own petty tragedy.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm clash.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm rattle.<br \/>\n<h9>I\u2019m the king igit clown, wearing the hell out of my coney dunce\u2019s crown.<br \/>\nAnother buzz-off putz with a frumpy frown, a spasmodic flounder in the<br \/>\nsound. But you, you astound this klutz. You all at once come into my view<br \/>\nfrom a dusty shroud, with the smooth strut of your approach.<\/h9><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm rattle.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm clash.<br \/>\nPin action in the background, fast crowds whizzing past in the shadows.<br \/>\nBut you catch traction in slow motion, &amp; glide through the loud commo-<br \/>\ntion in tiny fractions.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm clash.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm rattle.<br \/>\nChatter chatter chatter. Banal conversations in squeals &amp; clatter. But you<br \/>\nrather, you matter. You scatter my brain &amp; slide with graceful rhythm<br \/>\ndown the lane. You are precision. You give me a hundred envisions before<br \/>\na vivid tunnel vision. You shatter my indecision &amp; make me question this<br \/>\ncynical drifting.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm rattle.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm clash.<br \/>\nCackle guffaw cackle. These people &amp; their bawdy laughter. They cannot<br \/>\ndistract me from your body\u2019s rapture. You\u2019re a master. Your blue &amp; red<br \/>\nshoes have crafted a path through their blotto blather.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm clash.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm rattle.<br \/>\nYou bend &amp; lean at the hip, a little dip before a kick &amp; flip of your wrist.<br \/>\nA wiggle &amp; tip, &amp; then a near slip. It\u2019s pivotal, it\u2019s bliss. You\u2019ve put me in<br \/>\nfits. I wish&#8211;no I dream&#8211;to be the seams in your jeans, tightly gripping<br \/>\nthat cinnamon cream. To be the weight of that ball, to see myself swing<br \/>\npendulum with your reflection in the polished sheen. Your release &amp; twirl.<br \/>\nThe way your sleek curve unfurls my nerves.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm clash.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm rattle.<br \/>\nYou\u2019re apt to pick up that spare. You\u2019re stacked &amp; thick &amp; got stuffed love<br \/>\nto share. A truly packed derriere. Nothing half-ass about what you have<br \/>\nback there. I\u2019m damn close to trapped, to attack, to flat-out attached. I let<br \/>\nout a gasp at the near flash of crack.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm rattle.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm clash.<br \/>\nYou kneel &amp; clasp your hands in prayer. Even from behind, I can tell you<br \/>\ncare. The ball slaps &amp; skips on the slick varnish, nicking the pin into its<br \/>\ndim little lair. You clap &amp; put your hands in the air. Now that I\u2019ve met your<br \/>\nback from god knows where, I\u2019m sick over what will happen when I meet<br \/>\nyour stare.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm clash.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm rattle.<br \/>\nYour ball\u2019s in the conveyor. A no-brainer. I need a shot of your flavor,<br \/>\nstraight with no chaser. Because I can\u2019t just savor. I\u2019m a salivator. I\u2019m some-<br \/>\nthing abject. Behavior all fricked &amp; fracked &amp; frecked. You have beckoned<br \/>\nthe crick of my neck. You are heaven sent. Oh, to be that cooling air vent.<br \/>\nTo waft the breath of your scent. To dry the damp clammy balm on your<br \/>\nopen palms.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm rattle.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm clash.<br \/>\nI must calm this pitt-putter &amp; think of something hip to utter. Spit game,<br \/>\nbut be sure not to sputter. There must be a reason for the flutter, for my<br \/>\ndark heart that revs like a rudder. You seem to explain why I suffer, why<br \/>\nmy brain is so cluttered. I want to kick off these rubber soles, &amp; let my fin-<br \/>\ngers fill your holes. I hope that you smother, &amp; that you tear asunder be-<br \/>\nneath the covers. But if nothing other, I hope we can still find one another.<br \/>\nPlease: I need to believe one day we\u2019ll wash out from the gutter. I need to<br \/>\nbelieve we can still find lovers during this storm of stubborn thunder.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm clash.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm rattle.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm clash.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/span>Hummmmmmm rattle.<\/p>\n<h4><em>Ryan Francis Kelly often wishes he were the Cheshire Cat, so that he could disappear and leave behind nothing but his floating grin. 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