ten cents an envelope

                       fortyfive envelopes  fourfiftynine and tax  

he was going to have start buying in bulk to save himself some money threefour letters a week hed go through them before he knew it

                   Or  one of his interior hecklers broke out to say

Or

Or . . yacould quit writing letters . cut way back

Id do that why

Save yourself time and money

                                Fuckin few write letters these days  Anya know why

Genius  yawanna inform me

Glad to see ya comin aroundacceptin my worthour considerable  worth to ya    ITSinconvenient

Yasound like a snake

                       Youah  hangout with Eve whisper sweetnothings in her ear in the day  make her think she was talking to herself

Nah  couldnt mess with Eve not Adam not Lilith

                                                   They were green but they knew better

So you waited to infect more recent batches

Recent batches have been really dumbed down  Cant begin to tell ya the shit me and my ilk can make them do They amply make up for you

Make up for me

Yah  We only hangout with you to goad and harrass ya

Harrass  two Rs

Yah . . figure its okay to borrow from ya if we cant twist ya  Yare one of favourite haunts

Thank you  Its nice to be favoured  Ya keep me on my toes

Yare welcome

               An likewise  yaint boring

Neither are youse

Wouldnt kick us out of bed for eating lemon biscotti crumbs all over the placenot soft crumbs either  the itchy irritating kind

Nah  yare sharingright

Definitely  Mi casa su casa

Got that backwards

                     My casa

Don knock a genius for tryin

Nah

      I suppose not 

he thought the woman at the drugstore register would have hailed help over the PA to alleviate the line that formed not that it bothered him  he was involved 

a heavyset woman preceded him to cashier

she had a lot to say

she pulled a twowheeled folding metal cart

                                              inside it a tattered blanket  crumpled clothing  a sizable tin

he held up a finger to Genius to holdup their conversation a second to listendetermine what was taking her so long to conclude her purchase  she had threefour sundry items

Me? she said  I don’t need any more birthdays.

Genius whispered

                    Shouldnt go around teeing up that idea 

Agreed           

She might get wha she wants

Ya wouldnt

Not me but the worlds got big ears  Yaknow  idle hands

 

after 1401,  Twosday,  3  8. 21

1407,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  4  8. 21