In the beginning he’d herd people 
clocking up the hours in apartments 
above and below him but they heard sink 
and shower sounds and turned on washing 
machines that spurted later while he was 
on the job he’d reconsider part one of 
his partner’s apparent lack of funding 
proposal paperwork a black mark 
to be sure though in fact heartless 
people too have thoughts important 
hats hover over that imported people 
wore down their opponents making 
and are therefore more to the point 
than for example alarmist neoism 
now to the next part I will devote 
the best portion of an hour dear god 
you have allotted me extra I know 
not where the stink comes from or what 
nosy questions they will ask but hey 
on with the slide show he thought 
for it was all public comment 
passed him by and he developed 
the grim creeping for which he later 
became known as fatty of the car keys 
and mobile phone companies 
keen to make your acquaintance 
roamed his networking skills 
would like to thank you