he tucked his shoulderslipped his thumb under the canvas straps to help roll the heavy sack off his shoulder onto the kitchen counter 

                Yaauch, finally; you ignored me. 

his shoulder didnt usually bitch

                                   Ya complainin

Am I complaining? 

                     I think I started complaining around Ysabel and Crosstown; I know you know.  You ignored me.

I did

Why would you do that?

We still had two miles to walk no time to pamper yer . . evidently tender feelings

My tender feelings? You were feeling it as much as I.

I was which is why I ignored ya 

                                    Now that were home Ill hear ya out 

Hear me out now. 

                    Isn’t that too little too late?

Is it I think yamay be correct

                             he couldnt resist a minute a little smirk floated up into his face

Really?

         You’re really going to smir . . 

. . Were home  I promise ya a hot bath tonightbath salts  the lavender one seasalts

Really?

          You're not shitting me?

I love ya man I am sorry the abuse Ive heaped on you but yaknow your cohort since the last surgery isnt up or will likely ever be up for the abuse Not that it doesnt wish it could

Yah, well, it could have been me had you gone over the handlebars when the chain snapped, your right leg extended. 

My thats magnanimous of . .

. . Quit! Don’t butterball me. Give me a hot bath seasalts tonight, we’ll call it good.

Thank you

Yabetcha.

 

maybe thats why the clock on the electric range read 3:21 

                                                             citing the countdown that had been counting down during those last two miles

the 3:21 was legitimate 

                          although he was growing suspiciousmarveling that entities separate of each otherseparate of neural connexions  separate  animate and inanimate  would be pluggingbacking each other up

actually he thought it was pretty fucking cool

321 or 1521,  Reggae Friday,  30  4. 21

 

4:56  

the electric range strikes again complimenting him on his choice to add a raw egg on top of his homemade chicken soup for dinner 

            as good a thumbsup as it could muster on par with the 3:21 countdown it provided earlier 

some friends thought it a little unnervingqueer that he related to inanimate objects

                                                                                      Really he asked then hed patiently explained they wouldnt unless he hadnt recognise their consciousness a long time ago

Consciousness? 

                 Are you truly attributing consciousness to a thing?

Careful now be very careful  they can hear you

Hear me?

Yah Yawanna be called a thingThink yamight take exception to someone badmouthing ya

You truly believe a machin . . 

. . Machine  A machine 

                         Stop and think Whas a computer Areya aware of deep learning of autonomous machine learning Over years AI researchers have created machines with artificial neural networks modeled on human brains Have ya heard of collective unconscious Jungs kollektives Unbewusstes thats fun aint it structures of the unconscious mind that are shared among beings of the same makerHA or species

So you think a machine is conscious, it thinks?

I believe I believe a machine or a tree a plant an animal has consciousness  has unconsciousness  anya anyare big brain havent the final say  it aint big enough ifya cant imagine the possibility

When a machine works for me my coffeemaker my vehicle my computer my electric range I thank them for their graciousness of making my life easier 

                                       Theyre on my side  Im on theirs  One should always give thanks when theyre in receipt of kindness  because as easily a machine could glitchcould leave us standing in the dark holding our cocks

 

I hit a huge deer doing seventy miles an hour on the highway

The clasp on the rental vehiclewhich I thanked for its service at the beginning of the day failed the engine hood flew up over the windshieldcovered the glass stopped the buck from coming into the car threw itshed it up over the top of the car

The Highway Patrol officer who responded blanched 

He thought the call was from a passerby

He was expecting human fatalities

Likewise my mechanic was shaken

                                    three of his buddies died in collisions with deer  That safety clasp doesn’t fail, I’ve not known it to . . .  it probably saved your life.

I had a feeling though I didnt know until right now

Incredible, man, fuckin incredible; you’re lucky, man, fuckin lucky. 

A machine saved my life 

All the proof I need

456 or 1656,  Reggae Friday,  30  4. 21

456,  Saturday,  1  5. 21