he stopped razzin his buddyhis
head popped up Whas that he turned his headpiqued his ears where was it coming from
Man whas that
his buddy quieted hed heard it toolistened for it too
Hard
. . to say.
they listenedoblivious of each
other
a competition whod win this one theyd been at each other since they were
kids they might have been curious to
know their win-lost tallies
they quit competing for women longago
hed slept with two of his buddys
girlfriends it didnt console himhe wasnt trying when
he told himwhen he fessed up Man alls fair in love and war They came onto me
he said You’re supposed to be my friend.
I am I told yabout them yawouldnt listen to
me So lets say actions speak louder
than words I suspect they wont deny it
Whod deny gettin their rocks off
They’re
women! he was abrupthurt
They got rocks They got rocks everybit as much as we do
One of these days, man; I’m gonna
sleep with one of your girls.
Nah Wont happen
Won’t happen?
Why won’t it happen?
Yaknow Im not saying No fuckin way Id air the reason reasons why
Cocksure, you’re always so cocksur
. .
.
. In regards to you and I yah Weve known each other a long fuckin time we
could complete sentences for the other if we put our minds to it
Yawanna refute that
Hard . . to say.
Sounds queer
Hell, yes.
Cant make it out not quite
Sounds like . . . slobbering.
Fuck no sounds like knives slapping together singing blades
Knives?
Yah
That’s uncomfortable.
Its only uncomfortable if the
sound keeps coming this way
his eyes bugged
Man, that’s really
uncomfortable.
An thats why we got legs
they stoodup from the table they
were sitting at
if they had to go they werent gonna
trip over the table and chairs inanimate
things have a way of getting in the way
windows doors
fences
croquet wicketsfuckin assassins didnt matter how
fuckin high ya brought yer knees up
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