he walked her home

they may have exceeded their expectations  it had been a blind date

they conceded to a mutual friend

if their friend had been a guy no way in hell would he have agreed to meet her

they had a good time

leaning in her doorway a conclave in an older apartment building festooned with stone Roman staffs wound in ivy  a cool evening breeze attractively mussing her hair  auburn hedging towards a soft red she said Im happily surprised. 
It was a very nice evening.

Me too Thank you I enjoyed your companyour conversations

You’re welcome. Thank you again for picking up the tab.

Was happy too I look forward to seeing you again when you return from your trip

she was going to Amsterdam and taking a train to Bruges

Van Gogh to Hieronymus Bosch

hash to Hell

she said shed send him a postcard from both destinations

when she agreed to his proposition her stock went higher

I have to say she said I like that you have a high opinion of yourself her stock ticked down

How do you mean

I mean you have a high opinion of yourself.

A good opinion of myself

No no. You have a high opinion of yourself.

A good opinion

High opinion.

I wonder compared to what But letsso we dont circle at each others tail like dogs in heat going round and round Ill agree

Actually I have a glorious opinion of myself

One needs a bright torch to light the cloistering darkness around and before them

Its fucking aflame

It is.

And I have to admit I feel like a moth attracted to your light. It’s heady.

It’s unlike any man’s I’ve ever met before.

Thank you though you should be telling my mom  Shed be happy to hear she didnt raise a bum

A bum! she laughed

A bum  Exactly

Oh shaddup! Come over here and give me a kiss good night. I afraid I’m going to miss you.

You have my address 

You have no excuse to miss me

1319,  Sunday,  9  6. 19

1558,  Sunday,  9  6. 19

Kinks  Sunny Afternoon  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6pK2NnGCv0      

he sputtered Inequality a clot phlegm usually followed that he had to hawk 

he squawked about trickle-down economics since greed founded it  cried that it was a touchstone 

                                                                                                        he figured then

by now they would have choked to death on it or someone with a healthy dose of common sense a firm grip and a little spine would have strangled them

he might have but he never aspired to run in circles that would have brought him in contact with them

an occasional bodyguard has now evolvedmutated into anxious phalanxes of armoured security  has wrought gated communities  moats  drawbridges  damsels and dragons  wannabe royalty and ruthless oligarchs

then the spittle and drivel of inequality morphed in his mouth he scratched his head  he wasnt saying inequality any more he said inequalaity  unequal preachers

                                                 snake oil salesmen and slippery women

listen they say they have seen the path to Heaven

they are intrepid

Come with me. I will take you. you bet they will

they promise the moon they paint a pie in the sky

but first

in order to lead

to ascend

to mount

they must look the part  

                         who would follow a grubby preacher who would follow someone who wasnt transported in elegant cars or flew in a private jet 

they assure  Closer to God am I

transport? 

            hed transport them with a swift kick in the seat of the pantstheyd wish they were wearing dungarees  silk aint much of a buffer when screeching bodily across pavement blacktop or gravel

1516,  Monday,  10  6. 19  

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Johnny Cash  In the Sweet Bye and Bye  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biXZRUqskcs