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.
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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