King Dom Cum

My name is King Dom Cum.

I have a yellow umbrella that doubles as a parasol.

At the moment I can breathe through my nose quite well thankyou, although I’m not sure how long this will last.

A monkey in a leather jacket accosted me yesterday. He searched my pockets, looking for cigarettes most likely.

When monkeys get nicotine withdrawal they go four shadows to the moon.

Unfortunately I didn’t have any cigarettes, having spent the last of my shiny silver coins on a plate of three-shell spaghetti.

The monkey became agitated and urinated on my foot, at which point I took out my Glock 17 and blew that monkey into the next laugh line.

They made a joke about monkey brains in that Indiana Jones movie — always have despised the little Asian boy with the whiskers — but have you ever tried to wipe monkey brains off a pair of lemon corduroy slacks?

I haven’t either. I wore navy slacks, but even wiping monkey brains off navy slacks was hard enough.

So I ran into the nearest laundrette and whipped off my daks.

I’d forgotten to put away the Glock, so the people there thought I was some deranged escaped mental patient. I told them I was just the King.




Title
King Dom Cum

Length
200

Written
March 2005

Dedication
To the people attending the quit smoking helplines—beware the monkey with nicotine withdrawal

Editorial Notes
This story was originally 225,000 words. The edit was hell

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