The bloke next door was convinced we were training the rabbit we kept in the backyard to tunnel under his house Granted, it was vicious, but he had no reason to hate it we only had it to deter intruders Christ we might have been training it for all I know We did a lot of things Dipping coffee in biscuits, sat in the cafe as long as I could Went out and ripped up the preacher I had the knowledge of him how he'd worked in a bank his quiet Sunday best. one time he lost it put his hand in some in some snot he shoulda left well alone Lifted his desk, enraged ten men it'd take to lift crashed it through the bursting window in flames of jesus-glass Maybe he thought his boss was below it Maybe the bastard was The rabbit, he hated condemning the pleasures of Priestgate praying for the souls of the city whatever he believed inhabited those destitute houses A preacher said he'd pray for me said I'd go to hell the ring through my nose would block my passage said he'd pray And his meanness tittered me his god of greasy muttering his broken eye cowardly hissing prayer his prayer was a green sneeze was a greasy thing The rabbit too a mean little bastard, would bite my ankles when I jumped the back wall, avoiding the landlady (convinced we were paying it to tunnel under his house we were sure we'd heard voices) The male rabbit will eat its own offspring, rather than face its own superfluous nature - |
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