I can’t hear you.

I havent moved

What did you say, I can’t hear you.

I said I havent moved

There. That’s better. Now I can hear you.

I didnt move

I heard you. It’s that damn excuse me . .

. . I think you mean to say  pardon my French . .

. . What?

You said Damn  excuse me

Yes. I don’t like to swear.

Damn isnt swearing

It is.  Although mild when compared to your swearing; you know better, your vocabulary’s better than that . .

. . And sometimes its just better to be perfunctory

There. Perfunctory. See. A very good vocabulary, you have an excellent vocabulary. 

What’s that mean?

he smiledhe wished she could see his wry smile  a smile he often smiled when talking with his mother  It means  to the point

Yes.  No.   You shouldn’t swear to get to a point.

Its not swearing to get to a point  its cutting to the chase  a mouth full of grain nourishment  rather than dry inedible chaff

My point is you shouldn’t swear. You were taught better.

And evidently I have improved on better . .

. . You’re terrible.

Apple dont fall far from the tree

Anyway . . .

he laughed

Anyway . . . we often have a lousy connection when we’re talking on your cellphone; you keep moving around.

I dont

You must . .

. . I mustnt  Im not

You’re not what?

Im not what

Don’t repeat me. You’re not what?

To conclude this chapter of our conversation Im not moving around the house on my cellfone 

That said back to our conversation  Why you think marijuana is on par with heroin

Because it is.

Because you were told marijuana is a Schedule One drug right along beside heroin and LSD

Because it is.

Because you were told

No. Because it is.

You understand that because it is isnt an answer 

Because it is is an answer, Joe.

Technically Yes   But Im here to tell you  experientially   you understand the word experientially

Yes. I believe I do.

Tell me

Why dont you tell me. 

Because I’m not absolutely sure.

I can correct youyou dont mind being corrected do you Oh she did  he smiled widely Damn  I wish she could see my face

Experientially

Yes. I believe experientially means . . . you tell me.

he laughed

            Okay  Okay   Experientially  That derived from experi . .

. . That’s what I thought, I knew that.

You should have said Maw 

Anyway to complete experientially Ive taken LSD peyote psilocybin its a mushroom Maw Magic mushroommaybe youve heard told said  Ive smoke marijuana hashish MyGawd I adore hash and marijuana is not an has never been on par with any Schedule One drug the Department of Drug Enforcement insists that it is

Well, that’s terrible, that's awful! Why are you telling me this, are you telling me, now, you’re a junkie.

I dont junkies raise children support them encourage them to attend college pay for school witness their graduations  Junkies addicts use their time and money otherwise  

Can we agree

Yes.

We can agree Im not a junkie

Why are you telling me this?

Can we agree Im not a junkie

Yes.

Yes  what

It shouldnt be this harddespite it flying in the face of everything you believe about drugsanybody who uses drugs is a if I may use your vernacular a druggie

Yes  What

Yes, you’re not a . .

. . Thank you

But marijuana leads to other drugs.

Possibly  But you know what the gateway drug is

What did you say?

Gateway drug  Liquor

I didn’t hear you.

Gateway drug

Alcohol

Did you say date rape drug? Why would you say that to me?

Oh  I suppose it could behadnt divined that personally suppose people like to get loose a little drunk a little playful dont know if sex was the ultimate goal  If it were you have a point

Again, did you say date rape drug?

Gate Way Drug

Oh.

Good.

I couldn’t understand, I wondered, how we got to talking about rape.

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