Disclaimer: I do not own the outsiders, or the poems in this chapter, they belong to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, found in his book ' A Coney Island of The Mind'
Note: This is very strange and pointless. This is a result of a Beat binge.
------
"Darry?"
Darry sighed, " What?"
"Ponyboy's a vampire..."
Darry closed the book he was reading and put it on the table. Then he turned to face Two-Bit, frowning, " Ponyboy..." He paused for a moment, " Is a vampire?"
"Yes! It's the only logical explanation!"
"Logical explanation..." Again, Darry sighed, " explanation to what?"
"To his recent behavior. The dark clothes, sunglasses, going out at night with other people in dark clothes and sunglasses..."
Darry shook his head, " He isn't a vampire, Two-Bit."
"Oh, yeah? And how do you know, huh?"
"I just do, ok? "
"Then where does he go at night?"
" I have a pretty good idea of where he goes. He's just going though a phase, leave him alone.."
"I'm going to follow him tonight."
"No, you're not."
"Yeah, I am."
"No, you're not."
Two-Bit sighed and stood up, " Fine. I won't follow him..."
----
Later that night, Two-Bit waited for Ponyboy to leave the house. He followed him to the middle of town where he went into some dimly lit cafe. He waited a few minutes before going inside. Everyone seemed to be drinking coffie or smoking a cigarette. There was a stage near the back, which everyone was facing. There was a sign at the corner of the stage that that ' Readings from A Coney Island Of the Mind tonight' He just stood near the wall as some goofy looking guy got up on the stage with a book in his hand.
"Don't let that horse eat that violin cried Chagall's mother But he kept right on painting And became famous And kept on painting The Horse With Violin In Mouth And when he finally finished it he jumped up upon the horse and rode away waving the violin And then with a low bow gave it to the first naked nude he ran across And there were no strings attached "
Two-Bit found this strange, and slightly disturbed. The guy wasn't reading like a normal person. The spacing was all wrong, and after he finished, everyone started to snap their fingers. He got alittle freaked out and left.
---
Once he stepped into the living room at the Curits house, Darry looked at him, and sighed, " You just had to follow him didn't you?"
"How'd you know?"
Darry smirked, "See it was like this when we waltz into this place a couple of Papish cats is doing an Aztec two-step And I says Dad let's cut but then this dame comes up behind me see and says You and me could really exist Wow I says Only the next day she has bad teeth and really hates poetry " He snapped his fingers and went down the hall to his bed room, leaving a very confused Two-Bit sitting on the couch.