Leonard Michaels
HELLO JACK
Jack phoned .
I said hello Jack .
He said he was going to the hospital.
I said all right I'll go with you.
I asked if I should phone his wife. They weren't living together .
He said he wanted me to know where he was. He didn't want me
to do anything.
I said you ' re the boss . What's wrong? I made my voice little.
He yelled let's not talk about it . I'm in the hospital.
I said you said that you had to go to the hospital. Little words .
Cheepee cheepee cheepee. His wife couldn ' t stand him . I knew plenty.
I said hello Jack and rushed to the hospital.
I had a bad foot . Every step was a wolf bite .
But Jack was in the hospital. He was the boss .
Jack phoned so I said hello taxi cab. He ' d do the same for me. We
were old friends from Novgorod . Nothing to think about.
Taxi . Taxi .
In the hospital I noticed everyone was dead . Then a nurse was
walking. I yelled rooms rooms rooms .
She said she personally didn ' t build the hospital.
I said so where'sJack?
She said he was in a room with another man .
In a hall I was running .
I saw Jack. Compared
to
the other man Jack was Mr. Universe.
What the Mongolians did
to
one grandmother the Germans did to the
