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04-JUL-2013 TomaHawk

Uncle Papa's Roach Coach

Brackish metallic saliva sting Bob's tongue as he tried to choke down the disgusting bile pooled at the back of his mouth - a strange taste that had a slight engine coolant piquant...of a "Jager Bomb"

With forced determination he inched his eyes open.. just a little. One eye a little higher than the other.

The buzzing in his head throbbed coming from somewhere behind his light stabbed eyeballs. Laying there on hard earth, no he guessed, sand - unpleasant - sticky sand, whatever it was, he began to take inventory on his working parts and the amount of itchy grains that had infiltrated his very being. Steely grey now

Tiny stabbing particles were being blown toward him stinging his entire body. The fly bites and searing of the mounting sun found him pretty certain that he was operating commando and sunburned in places, well, places that rarely saw the light of day. In Its centered mind’s Eye spinning Sound.

His returning senses reluctantly wrestled with the chaos, not unlike firing up a generator that had been long forgotten and rusted for decades. Fired red be the Arrow of Time.

Hearing added little - from nothing at first - to soft cotton - to the distant sound of water? Turning to stinging Hail, Hail the Gangs' all hear - Thundering Claps.

Bob inched up on his now screamingly painful sun baked elbows and was confounded by the sight of... 'Sandy' Space between Summer Sound and White Noise of Lunch.

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creativematrix25-Aug-2013 10:39
A bomb has no gender specifics does it? The reason for the title and seemingly incomprehensible narrative is mostly Kafkaesque. Based on a Kafka Novella, "The Metamorphosis" is where his main character, "Gregor Samsa" wakes up one morning and finds himself transformed into a Cockroach.
Paz=He Who
creativematrix24-Aug-2013 17:08
So glad you're back! Love the name, but maybe "Taco Bomba" depending on the gender of the taco or the girl? Spanish genders can be a b***.
The narrative is superbly incomprehensible. Good job!
Almita the cybergrannie