she called himshe never called him 

                                      Hullo Yare callin

I’m surprised you picked up given what you did, what you wrote.

I wrote Whadid I write

You know.

I write a lot I need context

Context? I’ll give you context; mathematical English, precocious-squared.

Ah yes

 

Ah, yes. Ah, yes . . nothing more?

Nothing more

What you wrote was repulsive.

Thank you for your opinion You didnt have to callya could have texted emailed

I thought you should hear it from me; you often have said you value my input.

Your input not your hangups

You think having sex with an underaged girl is a hangup.

I wrote she was a precocious teenager you were a precocious teenag . .

. . You didn’t try to have sex with me.

Is this what the call is about

           Aw . . no.

No

I said no.

I believe no harm no foul  Dependent upon the individuals

Oh that's charming.

Why do you think harm or foul

It’s illegal.

An perhaps it should be illegal in some cases

IN SOME CASES.

Some cases  Are you gonna lose your mind

I’d love to hear your defense.

No defense As you point out they may have crossedhowbout violated societal or legal lines Those are cosmetic  They are constructs an theres many among those entities who facilely exploit the same lines but have brethren that looks the other way or protects them when they do

                                           Because  mebbe   theyll need someonea colleague some day to cover their ass An itd be all fine and dandy because they makeup the rules and can sidestep inconveniences because they can 

Their rules arent for them

Not governance  Power

The lovers empowered themselves

 

Hullo

               That’s quite a speech. I’ll have to digest it.

Will ya call or text or email 

I don’t know.

 

Ill be here  Writing

2323,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  30  12. 20

1327,  Thursday, New Years Eve,  2020

Coltrane  A Love Supremetrance  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll3CMgiUPuU

  

so he didnt forget 

                  hed been forgettingbeen coming up with bodacious bodacious over and over againWrong not bodacious  WHAT  aah precocious and precocious didnt begin to cover her if he could twist Englishs arm any languages arm hed make them allow precocious-squared asin mathematical terms terminology precocioussquared she was only the second woman he ever met who he would label precocioussquared  once when he was nineteen she was fifteensixteen going on thirtyfivethirtysix a mesmerising body  intellectually she was off the charts   she spoke four languages

precocioussquared Number Two body  unfortunately not the trailblazers mind but not deficient either 

                                                                                                          How old are you 

she hesitated 

             whatever she said wasnt going to be true like presenting a fake ID at a bar and unable to regurgitate all over the bouncers nifty leather shoes your birthdate age name address James Bond wouldnt hang out with youya might get him killed you could die  hed be rightfully concerned for himself 

                                                                           Menhuh 

I’m seventeen, almost eighteen.

I like that yare tryin yawanna try again  Hit the bullseye this time

 

I’m fifteen, though I’ll be sixteen in a month.

Got ID

Up in the apartment.

Ill wanna see that 

                    Im thirtythree Me an Jesus things have gone better for me  I run thirtythree for him in regards to kundalini thirtythree bones of the spine  Chakras

You know kundalini?

Not formally My wife dabbled

Ah. Your wife. My condolences.

Condolences 

               What can you possibly know about my wife and I

Women talk. Word gets around.

Ive only been here three months

Didn’t take two. Heard my Mom and her friends talking.

 

Jesus

As you said, maybe, maybe I don’t know. Maybe I just know you from here at the pool, seen you around.

Likewise Yare a sunbather

And you swim, swim lot of laps; I didn’t think you noticed me . .

. .  Please 

            Id have to be blind

Oh. I didn’t realise.

Comon If youre honestId prefer honesty men dont miss you . .

. . Not me, my body. They notice my body.

Yah Were a craven lot  Yah your body

she smiled a touck of wickednessmischief  girlish  womanish 

                                                     I’ve noticed your body, I like it.

Thank you

I like that you say thank you.

When ones complimented they should acknowledge the complimentthat shouldnt be a source of embarrassment or confusion

Boys tell me that they like me. What they mean to say is they like my body, they talk to my breasts, my body, they don’t talk to me; my face puts them off.

Teenage acne It aint forever Youll outgrow it  it was one of many reasons I didnt buy your seventeenalmost eighteen  Youll see  Also another reason I assume why you sun correct

Yes.

 

afterwards they ran into each other frequently at the pool

he didnt believe in coincidences 

                                  Where do you live Maya  

she grinned sheepishly  There. she pointed  a corner apartment nearly obscured by a redwood That’s my bedroom window . .

. . That you watch from

Yes.

    she didnt hesitate

Thats stalking

Oh. Stalking. I’m used to it, the peeking, the brazen comments, the knowing looks that don’t know anything. Like being undressed, isn’t it? How’s it feel?

Feel  You undressing me

Wouldn’t that be too provocative to admit?

To answer a question

You’re undressing me?

Yadon answer a question with a question

Okay. Yes.

That wasnt hard was it 

                          Yes Given were wearing swimsuits its not hard to imagine  to fill in the blanks

Fill in the blanks. I like that.

he smiled passively

My mother doesn’t like that we’re . . familiar.

Anwhy do you think that

I think you know.

I agree with you but thats you mothers problem isnt it 

                                                          We happen to enjoy the same pool and patio Its public space

She and her friends think otherwise. They’re considering complaining to the apartment management.

Letem I love to dance

 

they complained Maya told him

management took the smart tack and didnt involve him

 

 

Maya knocked on his door just before high school commenced

Hey

Can I come in?

No

I want to see you.

Awright Take the bus into the city Thursday after school Ill meet you for coffee or a hot chocolate if you like

With whipped cream?

Sure

 

they met like that on occasion her junior year

she said with his help it was her best scholastic year ever she could imagine herself competing for some college scholarships in the Fall

Lets see if we can win some for you

 

she did 

         she applied herself earned herself a threequarters ride to a state college

 

her complexion healed 

                        As you said it would.

 

 

So, are you going to tell me now about your assuredness, the sun being beneficial?

The sun

Yes.

I wasnt referring to the sun

I’m confused.

The otherwise

The otherwise, what otherwise?

he smiled quietlywickedly

she mirrored him 

                   Otherwise?

Maya I never said beneficial

You did.

Then you misunderstood I said he winked benefacial

she giggled OhhShit! OHSHIT!

 

facial wasnt the only thing they oiled

 

 

he sees Maya occasionally they wave to each other 

                                                       he rides the bus into the citythe same bus Number Nine she used to ride   

shes a professor at city college 

shes married

has two girls

 

its hard to see that she ever struggled let alone with a complexion problem 

 

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