{"id":1573,"date":"2009-01-26T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2009-01-26T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T14:39:00","slug":"john-grochalskis-wonders-where-judy-is-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/john-grochalskis-wonders-where-judy-is-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"John Grochalski's wonders where Judy is tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"


judy<\/span>
 <\/span>

judy said she had a tattoo<\/span>
of calvin and hobbes<\/span>
on each ass cheek<\/span>
and she had dirty blonde<\/span>
hair and almond eyes<\/span>
that looked at you, pierced you<\/span>
in a way that said you could<\/span>
really learn to understand<\/span>
each other when you weren't<\/span>
too busy fucking.<\/span>
when she spoke she said<\/span>
stupid things, but who didn't.<\/span>
she said things like<\/span>
we really see eye to eye<\/span>
and aren't weddings the best<\/span>
or beer will make me fat.<\/span>
and when you took judy<\/span>
on the dance floor<\/span>
she laughed every single time<\/span>
you dipped her<\/span>
and when i pulled her close<\/span>
she breathed heavily on my shoulder<\/span>
that is, until my friend, colby, cut in.<\/span>
judy came to the wedding with colby,<\/span>
and afterwards he was going<\/span>
to take her to a hotel and fuck her<\/span>
in order to get back at his girlfriend<\/span>
for getting pregnant.<\/span>
i'd forgotten that part.<\/span>
i really wanted judy<\/span>
but colby was like family<\/span>
and he said isn't she the kind<\/span>
of woman your friend should really be dating<\/span>
and how could i argue with that?<\/span>
but more than everything else<\/span>
judy could nuzzle a man under<\/span>
his ear just right,<\/span>
and she was a master<\/span>
at playing one fool off another one.<\/span>
her kisses tasted like roses<\/span>
and hell, after all of these years<\/span>
i wonder where judy is<\/span>
on this ugly earth tonight.<\/span>


<\/font>*
\nJohn Grochalski is an American writer whose poetry has appeared in a
\nwide range of magazines. His short fiction has appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/span> and the forthcoming anthology Living Room Handjob<\/span>.  My His collection of poetry The Noose Doesn't Get Any Looser After You Punch Out<\/span> is published by Six Gallery Press.<\/font>
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