{"id":44338,"date":"2018-02-01T12:45:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T18:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=44338"},"modified":"2018-03-07T16:29:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T22:29:50","slug":"the-view-from-the-balcony-leon-spins-a-knight-in-gel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/the-view-from-the-balcony-leon-spins-a-knight-in-gel\/","title":{"rendered":"The View from The Balcony: Leon Spins a Knight in Gel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I got to City Grocery early a few weaks ago. I needed to spend some time mediating on The Balcony, even though it was to damn cole. I\u2019ve had some heartburn lately so I asked Sir Sonny the Lady Killer, won of the Knights of the Long Table, to skip the grapefruit juice in my greyhound. &#8220;It&#8217;s too Hasidic,&#8221; I said. When I got my drink it\u2019d been deluded, but I didn\u2019t grip about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">My good friend Leon, a very inciteful man, was the soul patron at the bar. His face boar a sad expression. He ordered a poor man\u2019s Irish coffee \u2013 decapitated, with a single shot of Jameson. Said he needed the warmth but not the jitters. Leon started talking about some serious stuff sew I decided to skip my medication and sit inside with him. That\u2019s what fiends are four.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Leon has a long-time squeeze: a no-account woman named Addie. \u201cI think I&#8217;m being taken for granite,\u201d Leon said. \u201cEver since I bought Addie that Angola sweater for Christmas she&#8217;s been ignoring me. When she does acknowledge my presents she throws obscene jesters at me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Leon reeked of bad colon. \u201cWhat was he trying to cover up?\u201d I silently wandered. \u201cYou\u2019re still practicing monotony, aren\u2019t ewe, Leon?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOf course I am! I wanna have a solid family eunuch, not one with all the ex\u2019s and steps like Dick&#8217;s functional family.\u201d Leon added, \u201cOh, I forgot. You don\u2019t know Dick.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Just then an OPD meter reeder stomped up the stares. Leon tried to hide. \u201cPlease tell me he\u2019s just a pigment of my imagination,\u201d he whispered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The officer spotted Leon. &#8220;Leon! You gotta go with me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWhy?\u201d said Leon. \u201cWhat\u2019d I do?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cYou got a math problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMeth problem? I don\u2019t dew drugs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI said you got a <strong>math<\/strong> problem,\u201d the officer said. \u201cYou didn&#8217;t put enough quarters in the meter so they didn&#8217;t add up to enough thyme. This is your sixth ticket in two moths. I gotti take you in.\u201d He cuffed Leon and halled him aweigh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI&#8217;da never thought Leon had a math problem,\u201d I said to Sir Sonny.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When they got to the jail the officer beet the crop out of Leon and tossed him in a dark, dank sale that smelled like a s**thole. The toilet was overflowing with Haitian crap. They sent a plumber to fix it. He clearly had a crack problem. Leon looked around at the old Bob Marley posters that lined the walls and thought, \u201cThis place needs a good inferior decorator.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">An hour later the cook came buy. &#8220;Whatcha wanna eat, Neon?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe name&#8217;s Leon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSoot yourself, Leo. Whatta ya want for supper?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Leon said, \u201cI&#8217;ll have some ribs with porn and beans, and a poop tart on the side. For breakfast I want some dog nuts and hot coffee for dunkin\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The cook scoured. Later he returned with a boloney sandwich and a peace of pi. &#8220;Bon ape tit,\u201d he said to Leon. He pointed to the pi. \u201cDon&#8217;t upset the apple tart, Crayon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The next morning an officer came to take Leon to court. Leon\u2019s not a mourning person so the cop got him some coffee. \u201cWhere are my dog nuts?\u201d Leon asked. The officer looked him over and said, \u201cYou better be careful in there. Give the judge pacific answers to her questions or she\u2019ll send you to the penile farm for reformation. You might find your dog nuts there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Leon thought he\u2019d be find. After all, he was a virtual suppository of trivialities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cJust tell her ornery you&#8217;ll go to alcoholics unanimous or narcotics synonymous. That&#8217;ll help you,\u201d the cop said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The court bailiff walked buy, drinking a two-litter cola.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The cop whispered, \u201cHe&#8217;s got a coke problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">An exterminator was coming up the hall. The cop said, \u201cHe\u2019s with the Pubic Works Department. Best damn incest control guy in the hole county. Coarse it might be \u2018cause he suffers from dimensional. Cain\u2019t remember where he\u2019s spayed so he\u2019ll cover the same spots two or three times.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The judge judged and because Leon gave her pacific answers she let him of with prohibition. Later at the bar Leon said to me, \u201cIn retrospect, I shoulda checked my math.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWell, Leon,\u201d I replied, \u201cIt\u2019s like the Sheik says: hiney sight is always 50-50.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We cliqued our glasses. \u201cTo the Shreik!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMaybe ole no-account Addie will be niecer to you after your run-in with the law,\u201d I said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Leon and I looked at each other for a second or too and shouted in unisom, \u201cKNOT!!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">And that\u2019s the view from The Balcony.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14544 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"The Local Voice Ligature\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I got to City Grocery early a few weaks ago. 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