he broke the sociallypolite sociallyinsisted
Noon timeline transom put down one of the many NYRB books he was reading
excerpts from lit a blunt opened a cold bottle of beer pet bigfoot his huge
outdoor feral cat and turned his now pleasantlyskewed perceptions to decipher
from various angles the scrawl in the yellow summer dust on the screen door out
and into his house
s –
guess a or t – a – n – d – i no s – a better – t – a – n – not d - i still not an i rubbed out obscured definitely s – definitely
a - t – a – nthe rest marredscratched away
dull broad lines effectively palimpsest
s – a – t – a – n
s – a – t – a – n
so what it if spelled satan
one would have to believe in
satanbelieve in god
Whoever . .
. . Whatever she said . .
.
. Stop Whoever scrawled this on the
screen might think theyre inspiring
disconcert
Fearshe said sternly Theyre trying to inspire fear
They got curiosity
You may be a fool if youre not frightened she looked him in the eyes I am
Arent you concerned in the least
Im curiousthats the best they get
out of me Its cowardly If someone has an issue with me make it to
my face Its obscure subterfuge
Ive
no fear of a coward
You said you thought you heard something
at the door last night
he smiled and took her by the
elbow reassuring her I did I
checked it out went onto the porch There
was no one out there nothing apparent I didnt
see it until this morning with the daylight
Im concerned
You can stay with your mother if
you like
No I didnt say that
No you didnt I did Are you concerned Or are your frightened
Im . . I cant lie Im a bit frightened
I understand You can alleviate your fear just then bigfoot leapt up onto the
porch railing beside himleaned into his arm he just healedscabs
fell away from the last time bigfoot got crazedscratched up his arm and nipped
him
See bigfoots got our backs
See bigfoots got our backs
Your arm
Our backs
Baby last thing you need is additional stress . .
.
. Not being here would stress me
Stress you more than being here
when Im not
Okay Fair
Whoever did this would be frightened
by itthats why they did it Thats why they
do it
Youre not frightened
A coward doesnt frighten mecowards dont frighten me If this barely perceptible scrawl
is your calling cardalbeit clever it
aint much
What if it becomes much
They tipped their hand Ill be watching We have home field advantage Theyll have to get off the property to make
it not selfdefence But then Ill just
dragged them back onto it On top
of this hill aint no one to see anif they do theyll have to explain why they
were up here Thatd be a tough sell Cowards arent tough Typically theyre only numerous Standing alone isnt their oeuvre
surprised she laughedOeuvre Youre funny
You like that word
I do I like it very much particularly when I can make
you laugh
he hugged her
she buried her face in his
chest
A prank he told her he held her
Best thing for them too is that it remains a prank
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