~Until We Don’t~

By WordWulf, 5th Mar 2011 | Follow this author | RSS Feed | Short URL http://nut.bz/iis4x1t4/
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~The simple things in life escape me at times~My alcoholic father was a roofer~he advised me that a working man ought to sit down to pee whenever he has the chance~since he stands all day to make the other man money~

~Until We Don’t~

I was twenty-two years old standing at the urinal in my favorite watering hole, the Suzy-Q Bar & Grill. I had been taught that particular lesson all boys learn in school. Those that don’t should. You stand straight up to do your business, make necessary adjustments to the left or right to protect the privacy
of your Willy-Worm, Johnson, Peesqueeter, penis, whatever you wanna call it.

There is sometimes a mirror above that white porcelain/stainless steel trough. One must be careful
to give no indication that he waited too long and it feels so good. Well, this particular time an old man a couple of stands away was obviously interested and too damned interested in my business. “Don’t worry, kid,” he grinned, “I’m just admirin’ yer pressure. I had pressure like that when I was a kid.”

I didn’t take the time to knock the dew off my lily, give it the customary three shakes, or anything else for that matter. I put it away and got the hell out o’ there. Sittin’ in the basement bathroom of my home, yeah, I sit down to do it now, I listen as my ten-year-old grandson enters the bathroom upstairs
and jus’ lets ‘er rip. In a time-stop instant I understand what that old man was talking about. He’s long gone with all my whiskey bar drinking pals. Seems like we just don’t know what we got until we don’t.

~Tom (WordWulf) Sterner~
~Cats’ Eyes~
~Whiskey Man~
~One Step Men~

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WordWulf
Tom Sterner lives in Redding, California and Arvada, Colorado with wife Kathy. He has been published in numerous magazines and on the internet, including Howling Dog Press/Omega, Skyline Literary Review, The Storyteller, and Flashquake. His interne...(more)