-- Me
I
dreamt of tying knots all night long
I really liked doing it because somebody else was going to have to untie them
Ouch ouch
ouches
-- You did not
-- I did
-- Did not
-- Did
-- Youdidnot
oncle
-- No
I
didnt
But I wish I did
Ouch ouch
ouches
finally they were going out the
door
he didnt think their toes touched
the ground as they came down the hall to the foyer
they bunched up against the back
of his legs
-- Grrls
Got
to move back for me to open the door huh
-- OH YEAH
their chorus
they did that a lot
sisters he supposed
pulling the door into the threshold
they shot past its edge
but as they did they
crossed path
they were now on opposite sides of the stationwagon which he had backed up
into the driveway last night so they could offload the groceries into the house
they had been playing
longshoremen
decided so
in the grocery parking lot before they went
inside he rolled up their sleeves and drew tattoos on their slender upper
arms
he called them Butch and Ace
the whole night
they went to the backdoor and practiced
spitting into the yard sexless and
fun
they had long argued growled about
which side they wanted to sit on and
finally between them reached an ironclad agreement
now
they settled into habit
which he
wished Government might have witnessed
to see how things could actually be accomplished
of
course the sharp Congressional
Committees would recognise they were females
and wouldnt have any of that
to their and his detriment
racing up on the car they
recognised they were on the opposite sides they had intended to be
he could have saved them others may have but they werent there with a bark
GRRLS!
they were always attentive to him
but
he believed that was a deliberate ploy to aggravate their parents
he could have saved them
he saw it coming
they were excited
they were almost beyond
themselves
but to his mind experience cold harsh experience is the best schoolmaster
second to none
and
allowing it to play out --- in his eyes
in slow motion --- would teach them what many might conclude was
terrible --- a good lesson from the School of Hard Knocks
they disappeared simultaneously
around the front of the wagon and the sound of their bodies colliding would have
made pro ball players envious
at their age agility hadnt yet
ascended into their meat which until the time it did
they as all children were invested and invigorated with by any adults standard
devastating resilience
and rubberiness
the elder would have taken her
little sisters head to the chest
their bodies would have met
and
they would have dropped in a heap ass first and then onto their backs
the tears didnt go off
immediately
not as at home
they barely rose in their eyes as
he came around the corner
unhurried
casually querying Grrls
their eyes werent on him but on
one another informing each other if they
were going to cry or not or cry or not or
what else did they have in their forte
-- You two alright
they had tears trembling in the
eyes
but they hadnt broken the dams of their eyelids
From the sound of things I thought
you found some meat we forgot to take inside last night for our barbecue and
were fighting each other with it like longshoremen
Was that noise you
he knelt beside them beside their sprawled legs at their knees
No blood
the little one said No blood
-- No I dont see any blood either said the oldest
-- Yeah
No blood If you aint bleeding I
dont think theres anything to fix
Help yas up Dust your butts off
butts
always arose sparks of laughter in
kids
Whos got the bigger butt to dust
the little one popped up to her
feet tears still shiny in her eyes
-- Siss got the bigger butt
because shes bigger than me
-- Sis
You need your butt dusted
she stood up and rubbery she turned her upper body craned
her head around and took a look see
-- I dont think I have dust on my butt
You wanna see
she was a notorious mooner
you didnt want to see her butt if you could help it
youd just encourage her
-- Ill take your word for it
the little one smiled
gleefully
-- I want to see your butt
Sis began turning to show her sister
he interrupted the rising moon
the
mindboggling glee to follow
-- Id like to see your butts in
your seats so we can go buy some
MELONS!
that brought them back into the
here and now
late evening before
bed, Saturday, 21 2. 15
1833, Monday, 23 2.
15
