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"Hey Marilyn, It's Me"

By Hellin Bedd

It's dark and quiet here tonight. Not a normal night at all. Especially with the full moon. I can see Marilyn with her seductive smile looking down on me. Marilyn Monroe is in the moon you know. I can never look at the moon and not see her. Ever since Angie pointed her out to me. I laughed at her and said, 'Yeah, and behind star number two, we have James Dean!'

I can really see Marilyn's face I could right away but I told her she was crazy. It took a long time before I admitted it to Ang. Ang was the kind of girl you had to hold at arms length. Never admit you believe everything she said or she'd tell the wildest. stories and expect you to believe them. Most were true I suppose but she had a gift of exaggeration.

If you were to meet her today though that's impossible she'd keep you spellbound with one of her long tales. You couldn't help but like her. I know, I loved the shit out of her. Anyway, I was gonna tell ya another side of her. She was young but streetwise. Too cocky and mouthy at times. Her mouth really got her in trouble. She usually was very easy to talk to but give her a lude and a Jack Daniel's and honey, look out. The girl got mean.

She wasn't big but she could hold her own. I remember a time some big bruiser bumped into her and spilled some beer on her leather. Hell, beer wipes off leather real easy but Angie don't even like rainwater touching that leather. So she grabs the bottle from the bitch's hand and breaks it on the wall. She proceeds to hold it at her neck till tears are in her eyes.

Angie said, "Say you're sorry."

That chick was twice her size, shrunk down and said it. I died laughing. I loved her so much she was so damn tough. Most chicks I took out expected me to protect them. I'm a bit mean looking and the two years of military and four years of weight lifting give me a body people don't want to mess with. This little shit would have no part of it. If she got fucked with she fucked back. Anyway, one night me and Angie was at this downtown dyke bar just a hole not a nice dancin' spot. In walks Ms. Tuck '76, really diesel-city. Greased back hair, dirty jeans actually I kinda liked her style. Angie says to me, "Let's let her know we're the baddest here".

Hell, I was so high so I figure why the Hell not. So we get up together, my arm around her and we walk to the pool table. We both hustled pool a few years back me in Vegas her in Chicago, so we knew our shit. So this bitch steps up to me and says: "You own this fine piece of cat?"

And I said, "You bet your Mac truck sister, so hands off".

She's not too happy about my mouth when Angie opens hers, "I don't take very well to greasy vermin especially when they land on my arm so buzz off before I swat you!"

She shook her arm off and turns to rack up the balls. Trucker walks up behind her and spits in her face. I got real fuckin' mad and go for her with the pool cue. She grabs the stick and breaks it as Angie jumps on her back and cuts off her wind. The broad backs into the wall and starts smashing my babys' head as hard as she could. Everytime she hit I could feel it.

I jumped on the pool table and went nuts! I landed on her like a ton of bricks. I didn't see Angie slide down the wall with blood pouring from those sweet lips or I would have torn the dykes arm off.

I beat her face till I couldn't see her eyes. I was sure I broke her nose in at least two places. I didn't stop till somebody pulled me off. I didn't know my name at this point so I started swinging at whoever was behind me. Sure as shit the cops!

I killed that bitch. I really did. No one smashes my chick and gets away with it. I looked for Angie and heard the sirens. They were putting her in one of the ambulances. I tried to get to her but I was cuffed and thrown in a car at the same time.

That was five years ago but I picture it clearly.. Oh yeah, Angie lived

but hardly

that dyke the one I killed hit her so hard she was never right again. She's in some hospital now trying to say the ABC's. I've been in prison since then too. But I still got my memories. No one messes with me here either. No one laughs when I say Marilyn's smiling at me. No one!

W. Lewis

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