their telephone conversation began as a heartbreaker

it was preceded by his daughter texting him late in the evening

:  :  Dad – I’m having a really hard night.

My heart hurts so much

:  :  Wanna talk?

:  :  Maybe

:  :  Gimme a call if you'd like, words are better said, expressed, than typed . . more immediate

:  :  Gimme a moment . . . 

                              when she calledwhen she went to speak she sputtered then slurred into moans and sobs

Take your time love 

                       Begin when yare ready

 

it was a couplethree minutes for her to gather herself she was breaking his heart      

 

they talked

her beloved sisterher only sibling died earlier that year  they cared for her together with her husband the last three months of her life

 

drawing sustenance and comfort from their words she quieted percolated into tears though briefly and later . . later . they began to share some random things from their day . . sifting gently away from their sorrow yet including her sister 

talking helps he was glad she calledthat he could help despite removed 

he told her several times he wished he was there with her to console her with hugs and kisses

they were a very affectionate family

now they were two

 

 

she related that she had been invited to participate in a ZOOM baby shower on Saturday

They do that he never went near that stuff or had to not even to communicate with his granddaughters

They do.

I didnt know one of your friends was expectingyou hadnt said

The couple aren’t my friends.

Couple  the husband er  boyfriend . . 

. . Look at you catching yourself! Yes. Her boyfriend.  she broke into a gay laugh that was good to hear  he laughed too

 

So whawas he doing there Or is that what couples do todayI wasnt at your mothers baby showers for either of you girls ya couldnt have made me

Times change.

They do 

         Apparently also to include a stranger at a baby shower

It was on ZOOM, Dad.

You said

she explainedelaborated how she became part of it then talked about one of the games they played

there were twelve categories of what animals did when expecting and also regarding their newborns  clever

Such as he asked I wanna played belatedly and not on a computer screen.

Okay, what animal has a gestation period of eighteen to twentytwo months?

Thats too easy

You’d be surprised; it wasn’t easy.

An elephant

You’re right.

If human beings had to endure a like gestation period got news for ya  neither you or your sister would have been conceivedNo way in hell

Aww.  You’re sweet, Dad.

Yaknow Im not 

                 Another

Okay. Thirteen months and another fifteen to sixteen months?

Yaknow now ya know why theyre called animals  Puny humans   Pitiful

Gotta guess?

Big animals big   A giraffe  A rhinoceros

Wow! Not bad guesses. Not right, but not bad guesses.

And

Manatee, and a walrus.

I am the walrus alluding to Lennon the Beatles

I know. I was trying to give you choices that were up your alley.

I appreciate that

You betcha. 

               What babies were called. Like a joey. 

Kangaroo 

Yes. A puggle. 

A baby pug 

Wrong. A baby platypus. 

Bullshit 

It’s not. 

A baby platypus is called a puggle

Yes.

Jesus  Why

I don’t know.

 

Puggle Embarrassing  Sounds more like a tact or strategylike Hallmark cards making up days so they can sell their products  Secretary’s Day Boss’ Day  yaknow  They ought to have a day called Comb Over Day

she burst out laughing 

                         he laughed too  Imagine  Wha a fuckin marroon 

Right out of Bugs Bunny.

You said it

 

brother they tickled themselves with that one  couldnt stop laughing

 

laughter is the best medicine

2333,  Monday,  28  9. 20 

1123,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  30  9. 20

Beatles  I Am the Walrus  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tiPR7SCb2I  

:  :  Well I’ll be damned  https://whatnationaldayisit.com/day/Memorial-Comb-Over/