Easy peasy. she said

                        raised hackles on the back of his neck he didnt like it nothing he experienced was ever easy peasy he found the phrase effete  jejune  vapid   worthless

coming out of her mouth surprised him

his daughter was rarely flippant

Easy peasy was probably the last thing he imagined escaping her lips

she frankly shocked him

                           although she defended a friend of hers who he took exceptiontook exception to a remark the woman made

her defense was that the woman wasnt being judgmental

Ahh he replied Beauty in the eye of the beholder Defaming judgment in the ear of the hearer  You miss the tone in her voice

Well, Dad, she was pissed!

ONE pissed he was thoroughly disgusted by the wordit didnt appeal to him he felt it was beneath anyone who could stitch two simple thoughts together

the sound of word pissed irritated him

                                           and to have her say it  even though quoting her friend  boggled his mind

TWO he took the womans remark personally

he was in the room when she disparaged it

walking in out of the cold into the roomderiding it making a snap judgment thinking she was confiding it alone to his daughter  not looking around  not taking squat into account except her keen eye  was derogatory

                                                                                                         which he also found cowardly

yet his daughter defended her

she could have said the room concerned her or better yet frustrated her not pissed her off

not to mention as he mentioned it she only came by when time suited her and then she expected to waltz right in no matter how his daughter was feeling that day

he sent her packing couple of time telling her her timing wasnt good not that the time wasnt good  he provoked her despite the fact the time really wasnt good for his daughter then had to eyeball her when he saw her wheels turningthinking that perhaps she might bullrush the doorstick her foot in it like a door to door salesman might

once upon a time 

  

when he was a boy in Chicago a couple of salesmen considered pulling that off on him thinking theyd get past the little gatekeeper

they didnt which was smart of themsmarter than they knew 

as the eldest he was obliged to protect his brothers and sistersthe family hearth so he kept a ball peen hammer leaning against the door jamb 

somebody wanted to play tough

he had no qualms using the hammer

Take it easy, kid.

Hit the bricks

1612,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  22  1. 20

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