Blood Moon

          I hiked to Kite Hill to get a good look at the blood moon. It's a hilltop with a panoramic view of the city. It wasn't exactly an original idea. There were people parked and waiting for the eclipse when I got there. Some people were sitting on lounge chairs and others were sitting on the hoods of their cars. There was a lot of activity. There were the sounds of radios and people talking loudly. I overheard a woman tell her friend, "I don't want to make love, I want to fuck and have a baby." A part of me wanted to stand next to her, but I looked toward Pasadena instead. 

          More and more people were showing up and I was getting overstimulated, so I decided to find a new spot. I walked down the hill some and found a spot that had a view of downtown and the moon. I heard a mockingbird singing in the valley and there was a gentle wind blowing. There was nobody around but me. I had the whole moon to myself. 

Marlon Brando

          I frequent an establishment where the proprietor is a mumbler. I'm a mumbler too, so you can imagine the conversations we have. I was talking to the proprietor the other day and I realized I had no idea what he was saying. You can't ask a mumbler to repeat every sentence. If you do, they tend to freeze up and get irritated. So I pretended to understand what the mumbler was saying.                   
          Somehow we got on the topic of mustaches, but to what extent I didn't know. The proprietor seemed to be saying that he could use his mustache as a weapon. I wasn't sure how to respond. If I guessed wrong and was off topic, he'd be offended. I just laughed and waited for more clues. 
          The proprietor became more animated. I still wasn't sure what he was saying. I studied him while he talked. He was smiling. He was telling a joke of some kind. He started to laugh. I laughed and put my arms up in the air as if I was holding the handlebars to a chopper. I made the sound of a motorcycle. Vroom-vroom! The proprietor had a confused look on his face, but laughed anyway.