Never Trust a Man in a Beret

from Northern Sketches by Gary Bunting

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Never Trust A Man In A Beret

He was a man I knew of rather than knew
I told the police this when they hauled him away
In his dirty mac and black beret
I’d seen him around, sure
Buying lollipops at the petrol station
House door keys jangling
Hanging down on a ridiculously long chain
A chain you could lasso a passing horse with
I’d seen his wife too
All sneers and daubed lipstick
She had this outrageous laugh
Felt like a put on, this phoney happiness
I’d seen the dog too
Prowling the back yard
Growling at my presence
Eyeing me through a poked out knot hole in the fence

I heard them argue about his ex
I also heard the make up sex
The bump’n’grind
The rock’n’roll
I held a glass up against the wall
Their post sex muffled tones
The clinking of glasses, one breaks
The pipes chug, clunk
Water rushes through and falls into the bath
Swishing around, hot and cold
I slept

I was as surprised as anybody
When the police knocked on my door
To say that he’d drowned her
Disemboweled her
And buried her in the garden
Where the dog had found her

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from Northern Sketches, released October 22, 2021

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