he knew she noticed

it was just a matter of timeof opportunityof  not waiting any longer

                                                                           an ache he needed to rub

they exchanged glances  nods   later smiles

he wasnt obvious

or he wasnt as obvious as his brotherinlaw 

                                               he wondered if his brotherinlaw ever had game

if he had something that might be called game he called charm

his mother said he could charm the peel off a banana

too bad she said so when he was within earshot at a family picnic

uncharacteristically she was sipping cold beers

it was a hot July day

MAW she looked up over her sweating can of beer at him  Not a peel  Panties

if she was mortified which was always his intent to her perhaps buzzed credit  she didnt show it she didnt drop her beer 

she turned to his aunt sitting beside her Charming. Didn’t I say charming.

he would have liked to have been obvious

but obvious only played for him when he was confrontational

otherwise he preferred discrete

as she was

             she wasnt overtly attractive her attractiveness brightened when she smiled a big white smile even teeth  a curl to her lips   carnivorous

she was thick muscular  athletic  later she admitted she loved weightlifting but had to segue into crossfit when she broke her footdidnt recognised she had  It only hurt.  when she finally submitted she discovered it was broken

How did you break it

I went off a curb wrong; thought I twisted it badly

Athletes do that  It only hurts. he liked she could admit it I like your honestythat you admit it

a sudden carnivorous grin if possible her grin was better than her smile  he really liked them both

I know you noticed

she smiled broadly  gleefully

Whadoes your thigh say I couldnt help but notice  Tatted words speak to me

Sky above me; Earth below me; Fire within me. he nodded as she spoke  They’re my elements.

You strike me as elemental

Ohgosh, thank you. That’s awfully nice of you to say, no one’s ever said that to me.

I can relate  Im Aries  Im . .

. . Fire!

he smiled broadly Yes  Fire

Im Aries too.

1500-ish, Friday,  24  4. 20

1134,  Saturday,  25  4. 20

Jimi Hendrix  Fire  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIQxlkSTxGA

BUY A HANDGUN!

this morning he was on his game

he was on his game was because whahappened two days earlier  when he wasnt

a spider almost committed suicide in his bathtub

he went to take a shower

leaning in to turn the water on he glancedhe thought it was twined fine hairs off his cats

    

suicide  whispered   appleseed

                                even as he turned on the spigotrushing it to HOT  the spider did not movedidnt retreat

when he pulled the knob to kick in the showerheadits spray striking the sidewallwater rushing down its acrylic face

thats the first he noticed motion in the fine matthe cat hairs

it wasnt

         they were a spider sweptsuddenly aside and down onto the tubs bellywashed towards the drain

pivoting on a heela mad 360motion on the linoleum at180 he snapped a length of toilet paper hanging loose from its holderfreed unraveled by his cats who either played with it in boredom or attending nuisance at 360facing into the tub again he slipped the toilet paper directly in front of the drain

                                                                 the spider got hungup on it like a fish in a net

he snatchedup the spider with the toilet paper keeping it flat so he didnt damage its fragile extremities  

he flopped the tenuous tissue the loongdrawn whisper of an arachnid on top the vanity cabinet

                                                                                                        and watched

watched to see if it survived the batteringthe surging bathwater 

                                                                   it was slight

he heard a sputter watched a leg grope forward

he took his shower

drying offstepping out of the shower he saw the sodden toilet paper was empty

spiders attempted suicide in his shower more often than he like to think

                                                                            appleseed tried three times

this spider looked like the one from a couple days earlier

eightlegged arachnids were keeping him up on his ten toes

NO not on his watchNope

                             he yelled into his bathroom  BUY A HANDGUN!

1033,  Friday,  24  4. 20

Vic Chesnutt  Wrong Piano  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoB_jjDUbTY