Collapsed Lexicon | Page 108

  108   It  Only  Hurts  When  He  Cracks  a  Smile     Quick  was  hustling  nine  ball,  shooting   with  an  eagle  eye,  it  was  from  growing   up  on  snooker  and  billiard  tables     This  dude  got  pissed  off  and  pulled   out  a  Saturday  Night  Special  and     shot  him  right  in  the  ass,  his  lady   dragged  him  to  the  hospital,  he  felt     Like  he  was  between  a  dream  and  a     nightmare,  Quick  was  laying  on  a  gurney   waiting  his  turn,  when  they  rolled   in  a  fat  heart  attack  victim,  the  nurses     Peeled  off  his  shirt,  the  doc  said,   “Son  of  a  bitch,  this  fucker  looks   like  a  gorilla”  they  applied  the  paddles   and  turned  up  the  electric  juice     His  body  jumped  off  the  table  like  a     fish  out  of  water,  he  was  flopping  on     the  floor  next  to  Quick,  they  jolted  him     again  and  his  chest  hair  caught  on  fire       Lucky  for  him  his  lady  had  marshmallows     and  chopsticks  in  her  purse,  they  were  soon   having  a  nice  picnic  minus  the  ants.       By  Catfish  McDaris