it was a hot freaking day that didnt relent when evening fell

                                                                its orangemustard sky darkening bit by bit to a befouled noir negligee that the full moon couldnt penetrateno moon

inside the thermostat readout hit 99 before noon

early afternoon he looked again

                                  it felt hotter but the reading didnt budge 99 he tapped itthats what you do when mechanical things dont respond you encourage them gently sometimes tap harder bang slap  curse it like violence is going to make the difference with an inanimate being we treat it like its human 

                                                                                    what does that say 

he tapped it Oh well

he may be wrong maybe it just felt hotter

hour and a half later he tapped it again 99

thirtyforty minutes later tap still 99

You’re brilliant aren’t you, asshole?!

                                       he lived for these moments when he berated himself he tended to be a fast studyrarely had to be told a second timeshown a second time 

It’s a digital readout, see, it only provides two digits.

                                                       Why were you tapping? See if someone was home? in a little plastic box mounted on a wall.  Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me. Is there anyone at home?

Pink Floyd

Excellent. So you haven’t lost your grip, you are sane. Do you recognise that tapping on it was stupid? 

In my defen . .

. . Pleading a defense?

Yes I rent I rarely pay attention to the temperature but it was getting hot in here

Okay, Nelly, keep on your clothes.

Fuck you

That’s my boy, firing on all cylinders now. Or only now that you know?

Eventually it would have dawned on me

Gotta thank you for me? Your parents raised us to be polite.

he sighed because he was right 

                                Thank you as lackadaisical as a thank you could be delivered

You’re welcome.

                   You can always take a cool shower, cuz I know you’re not running the Air.

No I wont

           A brilliant idea

Yes. Not so brilliant. You did it as a boy. Took cool baths.

Yes I did Thank you again

It’s what I live for.

he ran a cool shower

left the lights off

when he finished drying he dusted himself with baby powder 

slipped on fresh shorts and tshirt

Cool, man, real cool.

Air will never compete with simple animal pleasures

2109,  Saturday,  5  9. 20

1657,  Sunday,  13  9. 20

Pink Floyd  Comfortably Numb  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-xTttimcNk