Gimcrackery  gimcracksgimcrack whip crack whip crack awaaay

Hmm, what are you doing?

Im havin me a bit a fun 

Sounded like you were singing.

Only the whip crack awaaay part  the bits so playful why not play  I suppose I needed to be playful if that was your next question  or accusation

My next question or accusation?

Soitenly

his expression was flat

You remember  soitenlyCurlys soitenly 

his expression remained unchanged 

The Three Stooges

a slab of ice in a yellow sun would melt quicker than his glacial face

Christ man  Yare unfamiliar with Curlys soitenlyThe Three Stooges

The Three Stooges? Stooges. Why would I be compelled to view, watch correc . .                            . . Afterschool  I beat ass home afterschool to watch their halfhour show and then went onto my homework

You might have been better served if you put that halfhour towards your homework.

Didnt

          You breezed through schooldidnt ya

I did.

Knew where you were going to collegewha you were going to study

I did.

I knew I didnt wanna go to college  Draft changed that complexion  Not for me but for my parents  They enrolled me in college  I majored in shooting pool an dropped out first quarter second year  Jesus Christ I had no business being in more school  Getting through high school was torture enough

You’re not stupid.

Im practical and practicable streetwise  Have that rare attribute  commonsense  IQs go up and commonsense moves to the back doorgoes out into the alley for a cigarette or two before returning

I take it you place me among those with higher IQs?

I do  Gimcrackery gimcrack whip crack whip crack away

                                                                  So fucking stoic man 

What do you want out of me?

Me  NothingNot a damn thing  Want isnt high on my list

Because you lack ambition.

Ah  ya might suppose ambition has to be qualifiedhas to be of degrees  Or do you disagree

I believe if you had ambition you could have had what I have

Anya have whaya wanted  correct

Yes.

Im happy for ya

                      All I ever wanted was to be happy  I was ambitious to be happy  An I yam

Yam?

Awfuck for Christssake  Popeye

Another halfhour show? Afterschool?

Why would ya be compelled

                              I am compelled to enhance your edjumication  Yam  I yam wha I yam an thats all wha I yam  Quoting Popeye the Sailor Man he an I ate mes spinach

he thought for a moment hed wait for a Whatever then immediately dismissed it  

Whatever would be beneathwouldnt occur to his gradeschool friend

good thing they were only acquaintances now

Knickkknacks  whawould he make of that

      

Monday evening,  10  5. 21

1157,  Twosday,  11  5. 21

Clint Walker  Whip Crack Away  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGbszecoNl8

Popeye  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQeWCsCAR9o