January 17
not something hed ever
seen before not a boy from Chicago later ensconced
in Minnesota for fifteen years
though he was living in California now
a cute little number in shorts
gym shoes and a white spaghettistrapped top waved proudly over the fence to him as she cut his
neighbours lawn coached by his neighbours teenage son
he waved back
she smiled real bigall chicklets
again
he was taking that it was the
first lawn she ever cut
if she was smart
if she wore that getup
if she knocked on his door Mister, cut your lawn for tenbucks; fifteen if you want to watch.
Were negotiating
Hmm, hadn’t thought of that.
No thanks I dont like the sound of power mowers
Power mowers?
Wha you were using next door
A lawn mower.
A powered mower
I don’t know what you’re talking
about.
Got a second
Yes.
Im not paying you for your
second understood
that tickled her
he took her down to the backyard shed
and pulled out his rotatingblade mower
What . . is that?
A manual reel mower
Silly, of course it’s real, I can see it.
E-e not e-a Reel not real
Ah.
nice that she was quick on the uptake
Whawould you charge me to cut my
lawn with it
Thirty dollars. And you can watch, won't cost you a penny more.
Id be saving ya gas money
But not time, an . .
.
. Times money
You said it, brother.
Rather you said it like a real homegrown American capitalist
I have to correct you. Entrepreneur.
Scuse me I stand corrected
Though youll have
to take yermanure an hawk it elsewhere
Twentyfive bucks. I shouldn’t
take No for an answer.
Yer too young for me to tell ya
wha Id pay you twentyfive bucks for
he smiled he didnt have chicklets
back East January 17 as
a boy he made three bucks front walk side walk walk to garage in back and street
walk if they
wanted they could negotiate the drive
January Seventeenth he thought
Fuck me
1446, Sunday,
17 1. 21
2147, Sunday,
17 1. 21
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