death look he said you got spider traps all along this wall it s fascinating he was outside my door peering at the stucco wall i said come on in he said no wait and he got a twig and found some ants and he said bukowski im gonna make this ant run the gauntlet the phone rang and i answered the phone and as i was talking and listening he said bukowski he got away from the first spider now the second one is out and he s got the ant by the rear legs listen linda i said i ve got a visitor and also my toilet stopped and the shit is coming up through the tub bukowski he said now the spider is throwing a net over him hes weaving around and around now he s moving in bukowski now he s got him death the landlord came in it ll take a little while to clear it up he said he was talking about the shit alright i said linda i said shit and death is everywhere i ll call you back she said now i ve got a spider said my visitor and i m giving him to the ants i walked outside for chrissake kid will you stop playing this spider ant game let s go for a ride the landlord gets very nervous when he plays with the plumbing look he said the ants are chopping the spiders legs off one by one good strategy i said lets go we drove down to norms and had breakfast my friend commented continually on humanity he didn t think they were much i didnt argue my friend was a great admirer of ernest hemingway i drove him to hollywood and normandy and let him out when i got back the shit was still in the tub i didn t wanna take a bath anyway