he still hadstill argued with himself over how he felt about preemies  purposefully saving a life outside the womb that if birthed in the wild   would have died 

preemies weretheir doctors(Frankensteins) were the vanguard who pushed the envelope invigorating the noxious Rights cry for personhood at the moment of conception as if they knew when a womans body conceived

which he vehemently harshly disagreed 

a zygote has no rights
                      an accumulation of cells that looks like a chicken embryo has no rightsan certainly no rights exceeding those of an existing living-breathing redblooded Conscious woman who has an embryo suspended inside of her

standing at a counter plying liquor he found himself confronted with two women who were best friends

they confided in a blush and fury If I cant talk with her what I do is have an imaginary conversation with her and heed what I know she would counselwould be her consideration for my dilemma

thats a spooky friendship

thats a womens friendship

men cant fathom that  they havent relationships of that kind

hed speak for men

he hadnt

          not even with a woman

the two women standing before him were preemies incubated at Stanford at the very same time

they didnt meet until ten years later

their curiositybeing preemies at Stanford birthed within hours of one another provoked them to ask their parents an their parents discovered they were incubated in the same ward

if that isnt bizarre what is

                            an from ten until they graduated high school they were never apart for more than the week the week they spent at summer camps

he worked with Cay one of the women although her curlylocked brunette bosom buddy Rachel was familiar to him

not that she should have been

then Rachel revealed her mother died when she was young and her father a carpenter moved them and her older sister from residence to residencealmost yearly in town
he put his head down in

Ohgoodness he remembered Rachel she hadnt a name then he lived at an apartment complex that had a swimming poolwhirlpool  a sauna inside

she was the voluptuous teenagerscarcely contained by her suit who flirted cavorted around the deck  starved for attentionaffection

later that evening Rachel doubledback   We know each otherdont we

I believe we do

The apartment complex on the south end of town

Yes

You didnt take advantage of meI would have let you  I wanted you to   You stood up for me

It was no brainer Rachel  Your father wasnt therewas working  Had he been home you wouldnt have been at the poolnot without him  It was apparent there was some kind of disconnect an you were surreptitiouslyon the hushhush taking advantage of your circumstances  You werent stupid  Misguided   Not stupid   

I remember  I kept trying at youtrying to get through to you

There was no getting  Not as a teenager not as a young woman  I think you knew better

I did

what were the chances in his argument over preemies that hed meet incubator buddies

evening,  Friday,  5  1. 18

1427,  Monday,  8  1. 18