he was on a roll
he shot craps
the first occurred while he was
taking a bubble bath a whisky in a
crystal tumbler at his hand on a handsomecarved marble shelf beside it was a halo of beeswax candlelight
from a Galway crystal pillar hurricane he wouldnt know that if she didnt say as she tended him
she sat beside the tub in a
Natori cheetah robe he humoured her Natori cheetah Is that a cheetah from Africa
Yadonsay
I do, I do say. shed been hanging out with him too long he accepted she was keeping him as a pet its nice to be kept for awhile
she set it down on the Carrara
marbletopped sundry cabinet and still laughing she leaned over himher hands to
either side of the tub to kiss him her
left breast slipped from her gownjiggled just above his face
Luring me luridly
Come in, you caught me dressing,
Mad’s not here yet.
Madeleine his dreamed-selfs memory informed him Mad was his
daughter
Whadaya execute couldnt help himself
cutie
You . . maybe . . I’m running
late, you’re gonna make me late.
I am But before you go to finish dressing come
over here and give me my hug
she froze where she was her chin slowly coming down her eyes widening
she was long and tall and
athleticmuscled arms a really nice sway
at her chest
she handled a basketball wellshot
well a teenager
she had threefour inches on
him wingspan too
she wore shortsgood legs wore a couplethree athletic shirts dago-Ts
Ya shoot pretty well kid Wanna play
Alright. You’re on.
Ten basket game
Yeah, brisk games.
Yah
she missed the thirteenth free
throw mumbled under her breath
he bounced the ball to her
she finally got the ball back at
Seven
she got a couple
he closed her out Ten two
Again. she barked
he was on a roll
over the next five games only the
fourth was competitive Thirteen eleven
two point rule she never led
his ball
on her back she threw her hand up
for him to helphe snatched it and pulled her up to her feet
what else looked good on her her jersey shifted exposing her left breast it accentuated by her heavy breathing
she lost that game too
he was in a night club
whawas he doin in a night club
he didnt like em
bars yah
taverns yah
he huddled up to his dreaming-self
and asked him over his shoulder Whas cookin
Whas dreamboy up to
dreaming-self didnt give him a
heythere a howdoyado or shrug off his hand at his shoulder Our boys mesmerised
Who or whas mesmerising him
Comon were talkinbout you whawould mesmerise you in this joint
dreaming craned his neck aroundlooked
him in the face followed his eyes to a woman coming off the slightly elevated
wood dance floor
Jesus Shes amazing
Oohyah I see
Shes Jesus built
Yawanme to salivate for the two
of us Im real My salivating will count for more
Salivate away
Whars our boy
There you are
Ohyeah two drinks Must have asked someone wha she was drinkin Id be hard to forget her or her drink
Smooth operator
Thank us Though I dont like our getup Whod we rob to afford that suit Fuck he tugged at a nonexistent collar at his throat Hot in here
Man some like it hot
Remind mehuh Shes takin the temp up
Hellyah she is
Brazilian African Indian Spanish
Mixed nicely together
He spilled his drink on himself
Idiot
Nah Know us
Ploy
Whapossible ploy
Hes tugging at his shirtfront not embarrassed Awshit Hes convincing her its cooling him Offering
Offering
she nodded
he dumped her drink on her
chestshe jumped up from her chair by its chill
smiling white teeth carnivorous
he hailed a waitress heldup split fingers Two the same he called so she didnt have to come
all the way to the table almost secreted by tall bigleafed potted plants he pulled a silk handkerchief from the inside
pocket of his jacket offering it to her
she stood up
she was taller than they in her
heels
