all sixes and sevens and nines

He was pretty sure the song wasn’t about women, or relationships. Mostly life.

Sure, that involves women. 

It’s all also about the groove, the one people talk about like it was unlocked from the secrets of ancient Egypt, a universal groove that has held life together since the dawn of man. 

That’s also true. And involves women. 

It’s not about gallivanting about the boulevard looking for whores. Well, yes, it is. Because that’s what life is. Whores the opportunities or some shit. The job promotion we want to fuck or the new car we’re trying to confuse. 

Roll life, and such. Take the numbers as they come.

What an odd thing to think about on a shit-break.

Is Classic Rock The Bear 104.3 actually the voice of God?

Is he having an epiphany in a Wal-Mart bathroom?

Then the opening riff of “Old Time Rock and Roll” came through the tinny speaker.

He flushed the toilet and left without wiping and pondered a universe where God embeds messages in “Old Time Rock and Roll”. He knelt down on the pavement and he cried himself to asleep in a handicap spot.