Say It Aint So Joe was playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI3Zi056PuM on the stereo as his sister busied herself in a corner of the room

he couldnt see what she was tidying up

                                           she was notorious for keeping clean cleaner

Lu he barked at her back

she was in a safe place so she didnt startle not that that was his intent

he sat down on the sofa across from her

                                            Lu Stop your putzing aroundyour spitshine on something thats embarrassed by its cleanliness and keens for dust or dirt so not to have to recognise its naked soul

she scooted back on her kneesher haunches pushed her elbows back towards each otherarched her back if he wasnt her brother he might have wished he was clandestinely hidden in the corner to admire her stretch and how her large breasts pressed an reconfigured her blouse

                                               A bit of a pain in the ass, aren’t you, brother?

No Why don you busy your ass over to the couch and sit with me and listen to the song  I didnt know you knew it

I don’t. The record was on the turntable, somebody didn’t put it away when they were done listening to it . .

. . They may have gotten lucky

You’re the only one I know who repeatedly gets lucky . . so I thought why not give it a listen. Actually this is its second time through.

she sat down beside him

he put his arm up around her

she leaned her head onto his shoulder

So you donknow the song

No. I don’t. I do like it however; your name is in it.

they cuddled together and listened

before 7AM,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  29  7. 20

1717,  Saturday,  15  8. 20

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