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Ropes Over The Rafters (A Whoville Story)
by A.J. Hayes
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Hey look, don’t blame me.
The raw material was
already there. In words
carefully crafted.
You chose them with care:
“You know, a bit of adultery,
slippery and wet, just
might make our marriage a much
stronger bet.”
She was your best friend
and I always said
she’d be a real hellion,
a wildcat in bed.
Until today I thought you
meant threesome
or maybe me and her
in our own little twosome.
It never occurred you meant
her in a yousome.
Now that I’ve caught you
I feel like a jerk.
I’ll loosen your nooses when
I come back from work.

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A.J. Hayes

AJ Hayes lived in Southern California and admired the citizens of that particular patch of crazy a lot. They were a never ending source of WTF! Fiction was an art that puzzled him but - against the advice of friends and family - he kept tryin'.
+++++AJ's stories and poems appeared in A Twist of Noir, Yellow Mama and Muse, Title Fights, Acorn Review, Flashshot, The Hard Nosed Sleuth, Shotgun Honey, Apollo's Lyre and Black Heart Magazine's Noir Issue.

Sadly, AJ passed away in early March 2014. RIP.
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10 Comments

  1. Richard Godwin
    Richard Godwin on October 8, 2012 at 4:54 pm

    Bill you use a nicely understated menacing tone here balanced with your wry homour. Great build up and ending.

    Reply
  2. Fiona Johnson
    Fiona Johnson on October 8, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    I enjoyed that AJ- would make a good rap!

    Reply
  3. AJ Hayes
    AJ Hayes on October 8, 2012 at 7:32 pm

    Thanks Richard. It was fun to do.
    Thanks Fiona. I never thought of that, but it does kind of conform to that steady rap beat. Does that make me a gangs’ta now?

    Reply
  6. AJ Hayes
    AJ Hayes on October 9, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    Thanks Paul and Doctor Laity ;) much appreciated.

    Reply
  7. AJ Hayes
    AJ Hayes on October 10, 2012 at 11:44 pm

    Thanks Paul. Smart or just determinedly stupid. I’ll take either ;)
    Thank you Doctor Dammit! Chuffed you liked it.

    Reply
  8. Chris Leek
    Chris Leek on October 12, 2012 at 9:52 am

    Great word play, very cool AJ!

    Reply
  9. AJ Hayes
    AJ Hayes on October 12, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    Thanks Chris. That’s a great compliment from the author of “Jacks, Queens and Evens” (one of my favorite stories this year). Chuffed be I.

    Reply

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