Allflowers

He wanted to pull out the pain with a syringe, as if it were black jelly that had accumulated underneath his skin. This was how morning welcomed him. *** On saturday nights, he was the kind of man who went around town painting murals with a can. They were gorgeous, especially when city employees melted them with hose-water. *** In America you can find dollar bills stuck deep in the cracks between sidewalks; you can find people stuck deep in the cracks between buildings too. *** You can also find people inside said buildings, inside beds, inside... *** One and only one night, the painter was approached by a hairy young