You know . .

. . NO

his feathers startledthey ruffled looked like an excited grouse

You going to let me finish wha . .

. . No

. . . What, what I was going to say?

Why

      a dour chalkish fog coated his feathers

Ya really havent noticed that every time you start with You know I shut ya down

No, I hadn’t.

Brother

I think, no, no I know . . you misunderstand me.

Misunderstand explainhowever brieflybriefly when you begin Ya know yare making an assumption Ya gotta quit with thatwhen your boy visits hes all over you when ya persist

Yes, yes he is, he’s quick on me, but that has nothing to do with you and me . . 

. . Actually it does Its immediately why I say NO

his eyes grew largepierced his feathers

                                          May I?

nonchalant Please

When I say you misunderstand me, I’m actually saying . . DO you kno . .

. . STOP  No DO

The Do is understood.

                        a deer caught in headlights stunned eyes couldnt try selling bland better than he was now with his look atop his preposterous remark

Ya thinkin of running for office Christ

                                        No Do Not understood Not anywhere in the English language

It’s implied . Do you know . . You know.

A question an assertion are not the same thing 

                                                 Save it for an ignoramus

no sooner than their exchange a small junior high Hispanic boy approached them and asked if they had a dollar he could have

he said No

grouse asked what he needed a dollar for

the boy said he wanted to buy a bagelhe didnt have any money  his parents werent coming to pick him up for another hour was he gonna starve to death

grouse went into his pocket he had cashseparated a couple of dollar bills he gave one to the boykept the other in his hand and told the boy hed follow him in he was going to get a coffee refill

                                                                               Excuse me, what do you say when someone gives you a dollar? made your dreams come true

Huh?

Don’t you say thank you?

Ohyeah. Thank you for the dollar.

Yes. You know . . muchas gracias, muchas gracias.

                                                      the boy looked confused he repeated Thank you.

he looked up at his buddy as he stood and laughed at him

What . what are you laughing at?

When yare back

moments later a teenaged boy in black jeans gym shoes black hoodie drawnup over his head hiding his face approached two girl who were seated at a table beside him

                                                  he grabbed the chair his buddy had been sitting in and turned it to sit beside the girls

HEY 

     the kid heardhis head motioned but he ignored him

he stood up crossed to the kid and rapped him in the ribs with the back of his hand Up Out Before you help yourself to an unoccupied chair you ask if its being used  ask if you may

as the kid stoodhe swept it out from under his ass before he moved

                                                                       he didnt acknowledge him

no skin off his ass

he set the chair back in place

his buddy came out of the coffee shop preceded by the kid with a bagel

he walked over and sat down

                                So why did you laugh at me as I went in for a refill?

Ever occur to you man that that kid may not understand Spanish

                                                                     Looks can be deceivingI mean yare smarter than you look

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