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TRAINING CAMP

6/18/2016

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I had been drinking whiskey for
8 hours in my apartment
and it was now about 9pm
and I decided to go to a bar
I’d only just moved to Newtown
this would be my first night
out
I found the crappiest looking
bar I could and went inside
(nice looking bars always
hassle you when your drunk:
crappy bars appreciate any
business they can get)
I ordered 2 whiskeys and was
feeling pretty good
I had been listening to music
and watching old m.m.a fights
most of the day
“What you celebrating pal?”
said the bartender
“I have an m.m.a fight in 2
weeks.”
“Why are you drinking!”
“It doesn’t matter. I will
walk straight through
him,” I said and shadow
boxed for a few seconds
“Good luck mate,” he said
and I took a seat at the table
by the door
I could hear the bartender
talking about me and laughing
with another customer
I finished my drinks and went
to the bar
the bartender had a grin on
his face
“Another drink champ?”
“You want to be part of my
training camp?”
he didn’t respond
I left the bar and got a cab to
the brothel
several girls introduced
themselves
I told the skinny young blonde
with the small boobs and red
lingerie I was a poet
“You look more like a fighter,”
she said
“No I am really a poet.”
“Sure. What do you write
about: beating people up and
sleeping with hookers.”
“That all depends on the hooker,”
I said and followed her tiny
beautiful ass upstairs.

​—Brenton Dean Booth
brentonbooth.weebly.com
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