4438. SILK

SILK

I braved the elements once, in fact I froze

myself to death, to stick my neck out just

for you. That philandering fellow, the one

with the stick, I just knew was coming after

you. It was a February ninth, as I recall, and

some guy on TV had just won a million. They

were all jumping up and down like jackrabbits,

and then the commercial came on for a soap that

would make your hands as soft as silk. Back then,

when people still smoked, a Marlboro Man as

also played. He was tough, and sitting on a 

horse as big as any fat-guy's ass. Nothing

much was happening, but that fellow did

finally go away. After I warmed up, we

both went back outside, all bundled

and scarf'd. Do you remember  -

I am asking  -   any of this?