2 posts tagged “clue”

Feeling out of sorts that my memories are not staying put in their hermetically sealed mental compartments.

How dare people live, evolve, and generally move on with their lives.

Why aren't you all where I left you? 

I thought I finally had you organized, somewhat figured out, a semblance of order,
and here you are surprising me with all this growing up nonsense.

The nerve.

The gall; continuing to live after the time we knew each other.

Least you could do is not leave clues where I might stumble, unawares, upon your updated info.

Now I have to revisit/reorder how I feel about everything all over again.

I think it's going to be a good thing,
or rather it is already a good thing, and I will come to that realization eventually.

Going to need a bigger brain, and a bigger bottle of tequila.

Excuse me, I must intoxicate, inebriate, and otherwise imbibe.

Privately Blues

I don't do this to be interesting
I don't do this to solve the case

It ain't like the movies or your cornball shows
It ain't like the novels, that stink ain't no rose

Private investigations are dirty
No fun with chases, dames, and games

The second it gets hairy
I turn it over to the cops

My clients don't like it
I give their case the drops

Why do I do it if I don't want the glory?

I do it for the mortgage
And the credit card bill that's late

I do it for the college loans
And I like to eat steak

If you hold on to my coattails
You're in for a tough ride

There was a message at the scene
In the cupboard in the house

An empty peanut-butter jar
With markings on the inside

"Help Me"
Drawn with a finger on the inside

Spelled out in the sidewall void
Where the peanut-butter had been

Old and crusty it had long ago dried
But the blood was still fresh on the floor

Interview the kids and what do they say?
Not her brand, and substitution not her way

It's going to be a tough ride tonight
If you hold on to my coattails

It won't make a good book, but it might pay my rent
I'm hot on the case of the Peter Pan hint.