coming inside her apartment only hinted at through her daintily curtained
windows off the street he saw that she
had a thing for spider plants
but deeper inside her place to
say she had a thing wouldnt suffice
a passion
verging on obsession
spider
plants clung everywhere
they were on tables accent tables eschewing where photographs might have
stood
on wallmounted shelves
bookshelves a desk rendered nonfunctional
hung in macramé from decorative hooks in the ceilings
clinging obscuring nooks and crannies
--- Howl ong does it take you to water them when
you do
--- Water them
--- Yes
Theyre in every room they must consume considerable time when you do
--- I dont know
I
couldnt say I dont pay attention to the time I do what it takes Its not
important how long it takes
Would it be important to you
--- Important
Im not sure Id assess houseplants
important
My plants outofdoors I enjoy And like yourself I couldnt say either how
long I take watering them
But Im outside in the air the sun
the weather
Then inevitably something distracts
me captures my attention or I recognise theres something amiss to be corrected
and I immediately take that time then prolonging
my time in the yard
When I go outside theres no such
thing as time
--- Then perhaps youve answered your question in
regards to me watering my spiders
--- Yes Perhaps I have
Though that said not that youd ask me
and not that Id offer to water
them if you had to go out of town on an trip or an extended stay somewhere
--- You wouldnt
If I asked
--- I wouldnt
Thats why I prefaced my remark
Not that youd ask me
Inside is the last place I want
to be
Inside is claustrophobic Walls
Kennels
--- Yet youre inside with me now
--- You must rate huh
--- I must
So no I dont pay attention to the
time it takes
Sometimes it even seems they take
care of themselves their soil moist long after Ive watered them
he stuck his fingers into the
soil of a couple plants
---
Moist Yes
--- And its been weeks
looking around
--- Do you keep your windows closed
not let fresh air in
--- Other things come inside with fresh air
--- Other things are outside in the fresh air
--- What are you suggesting
--- Nothing
I wouldnt suggest Suggest suggests judgment an youre your own beast
--- Beast
--- Rephrase
Your own animal Earthling
--- Did you say earthling
--- Am I sounding a little too scifi or sketchy for
you
--- Im not sure
--- What I mean
were like all all things living on the planet Were earthlings
None better or worse Sharing
Or I think rather meant to be shared
What takes exception is religion
Religions got to drags its dick
through everything Suppose lookin for a furrowAny furrow will do Plant their seedif ya catch my drift
Whas K J V Yahyah King
James version
My
notion is K J C King James crap
Genesis
Genesis one chapter twentysix
God created Man in his image
Then it gets weird
His idear Let us make man in our image after our
likeness
Whose image Whose likeness is He talkin bout
He elaborates And let them have dominion of over the fish of
the sea the fowl in the air over all the earth over every creeping thing that
creepethWho uses creepeth Creepeth upon
the earth
I dont believe dominion meant
domination Its waste
--- Seems I struck a nerve
--- No Nah
Im just intolerant
Religiously
Exactly like my religious
counterparts despite what they say
--- Im not exactly religious
--- I know
--- How do you know
--- Because if you were I wouldnt be here
--- Or because if I were
you
wouldnt be here
--- Exactly Then useless as tits on a bull Useless
--- Say Howbout a drink
--- You think I brought you here for a drink
--- I didnt think anything except helping you
with your groceriesYou needed help but had that look Oh fuck Its more than I
thought
I dont need help
I thought Id share the lift with
you
--- Such a gentleman
--- Dont get lost in that No gentleman Not
sweet I just dont want my maw materialising out of the ether screaming
Wha kind of bum did I raise if I walked past you
Wha kind of bum did I raise if I walked past you
--- A boy scout
--- Says a girl scout
--- Then I suppose we have that scenthuh
--- Scentnah Id call it pheromoans
--- You said phero moans
--- I did
--- Your mother wouldnt appear out of the ether
for a crack like that
--- Nah
She cant read lipsshe reacts to what she sees See
--- A handful of boy scout arent you
--- Then some
Im handy
You recognise your pauses are
getting longer
--- Youve noticed
--- Not really
I tend to invoke pauses
You cant talk to me if you dont
want me to say exactly what I mean
--- And mean exactly what you say
--- Tits
--- Im not saying it
--- Its just a word
--- Its just a word
You ought to try
Somebody who lives cooped up
needs to let their hair downItll feel good to your scalp
--- My scalp
--- You aint autonomous baby You got your parts
and you ought to respect em
--- Are you suspicious
--- Out of left field
If I have suspicions inklings I
give em wide berth
I do not participate
I do not participate
I dont want any drauma
--- You said drau ma
like trauma
--- Give the lil lady a lollipop I did
--- Give the lil lady a lollipop I did
she rolled her eyes
My maw aint in yer head either
Shes deaf to yakyak So if you aint offering me a drink for my labours would ya
like to go out for a beer
--- I didnt say
I wouldnt offer you a drink
--- No you didnt Except I got this powerful thirst an a beer sounds like what Ill need for the parchedness Whaddayasay
I wouldnt offer you a drink
--- No you didnt Except I got this powerful thirst an a beer sounds like what Ill need for the parchedness Whaddayasay
--- On me
--- I couldnt imagine a better scenario than cold beer
on you all over you
Yer pausing again
--- I am Yes
Repartee isnt my strong suit
--- Id like to have ya at yer strong suit
In yer swimsuit hell yer birthday
suit
Gitya bucknaked
Gitya bucknaked
In a manner of speakin
--- I dont know if youre teasing me teasing with
me or mean exactly what you say
--- I told you I mean exactly what I say
Refreshin
like a cold beer a cold shower a turned cold shoulder all warmed up
like a cold beer a cold shower a turned cold shoulder all warmed up
--- Okay
We should go
--- Yer neighborhood Yer buying Im in yer hands
--- Yer neighborhood Yer buying Im in yer hands
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