Page 4 - Haruspex

Thirty Degrees of Libra
I. Apples under sofa glass,... after a moment of violence.
II. Three teacups and a can of $zzy peas piled into the gurgling commuter schooner
III. A jealous skipper (batting an eye)
IV. Rusted shovel leaning against steel drum and you, adjacent, think about blowing it up.
V. Garden snipper’s near baby playing with a banana and juggling it with their thumbs.
VI. Themself, lazing around, watching the rising sun, as if nothing is wrong.
VII. Handful of white currants picked over.
VIII. A spoonful of yogurt in your mouth.
IX. An old red Cardinal munched on by a dog, Chipper. (Pamela looks on, avisodomy averted)
X. A battered child in the arms of an Oak tree.
XI. Knife in a stewpot, water boiling.
XII. Blood on a rug, still damp.
XIII. An angry housekeeper standing before telephone, a plate adorned with parsley surrounds a tumbler of
margarita. A man masturbates furiously on unused blankets.
XIV. One gram of chewed $ngernails & a !at brown cartridge.
XV. An eye-watering sausage sandwich with dry ice.
XVI. An oyster formed, in part, from the bones of a distant war.
XVII. Four oranges stuffed in your duffle bag.
XVIII. One pint of English Brown.
XIX. A square bar of chardonnay, and plum that has been $lled with strips of F4 porcelain.
XX. Queen Mary's Sea urchin and blithe strummer Dombrowski both hauled from the chaff of memory, one
got a mouthful of honey, before they were dispatched for Haruspex. XXI. Dead Presidents.
XXII. Full glass of applesauce.
XXIII. Full glass of Kool-Aid.
XXIV. Mint tincture.
XXV. A cocktail en!amed with rose petals !oating beneath.
XXVI. The detritus of a grim ending.
XXVII. Nine corroded batteries: eight Walkman, one minivan.
XXVIII. Cheese at the bottom of sink; a wad of bills sitting in a box. XXIX. Angry bird, very jealous.
XXX.The detritus from a coffee cup smeared over the children's breakfast.