YEOW
he hoped he didnt say
that out loud he lifted his eyes to a car
that rolledupparked across the street from the coffee shop he sat outside of
it had a really nice wood patio café
tableschairs colourful umbrellas yawning overhead
when she stepped out of the car
she didnt turnaround she stood with her back
to him a palegreen peekaboo lacedup pullover no bra tight fadedblue jeans sandals
the
YEOW her ass wha an ass
his quietsurreptitious glance grew
wings an flew off somewhere an wha remained turned into a fullblown stare not his usual
although she wasnt
usual either
when she turned aroundhe saw her
turn in v e r y slow-motion
of course she wasnt an of course before
his consciousness caughtup she found him lookingLOOKING HARD at her
Awwell all he could do was smile an nod
there was no withdrawingtaking
back his stare he
tried to remember the last time he got caught like that highschool
she cut him a breaksmiled nodded back
then
came across the street gangbusters directly towards him
he figured she had to know she
was attractive coming or going
Hiya! she said I think I know you.
No you don an Im not apologising
Yare a very attractive woman anya caught me flatfooted I wasnt expecting you
Goodness, thank you. a breeze swept her blondehair across her
tanned faceBLUE eyes she ran her fingers
through the loose plaitpulling it asideheld it out of her eyes she laugheddidnt cover her mouth I'll cut you some slack.
Thank youthank you very much I want you to know I was looking with appreciation Frankly its been a bit since Ive been as
arrested
Oh, stop, you’re too sweet.
she grinneddimples
I am not sweet I rather prefer to
be honest my parents ate their young if
they lied
Well, um, thank you again; you’ll
have to excuse me, I’m meeting someone.
Certainly Have a fine day ya made mine
Stop, you’re killing me with
kindness.
An yare just killing me
she laughed out loud a pleasant
happy bark an went around to his left behind
him into the shop
You couldn’t introduce me?
his
buddy was sitting to his right across the table
I didnt introduce me
Besides I forgot you were there
She’s a real looker.
Understatement Blew me out of the water
I think I know her. I think she
works over at the gym . . think she's divorced too, has a couple of little
girls.
They have the girls
No, I think she has custody. Her
husband’s a fireman here in town, he played around on her.
Her and his kids
Oh. Yeah, I suppose; her and the
kids.
A real piece of shit
You draw a pretty
severe conclusion for not knowing him.
Cheat on your family yare a piece of shit
Anyway . . Looking at her I was thinking
of my boy, he’s not so happy in his marriage, I bet you she could make him
happy.
No
No?
What are you talking about?
No isnt talking Nos no
You telling me she couldn’t make
you happy?
No she couldntshe could if she
wanted to have sex but she does strike me as a woman interested in fucking Shed want more she has children shes young
I’m just saying then, she could
make my son happy, and I think he could make her happy.
No
Would you quit saying no, you’re
exasperating.
Better exasperating than being stupid
What are you talking about? I’m just saying.
Wha exactly are you saying
because
I think yare full of shit too Your son is married
and has two children Why the hell would
he leave his marriageyoull excuse me sling a sack full of shit over one
shoulderwife and children then commit to sling a second sack of shit over his
other shoulder Her and her children
Really? You’re likening them to sacks
of shit? Pretty rude, man, not appealing.
No reason to make your imagined foray
appealing Your sons exwife an children
will always be in his life an her ex-husband an children will always be in hers Them in that equation is slim pickingssuddenly
a family of two plus four plus two Eight
Follow Catch my drift
You’re not a romantic, are you?
Romantic Aint nothing romantic
about four estranged adults and four children Ya out of your fucking mind
I gotta tell you, you’ve got some
real . hard . . edges.
Yah an two sacks of shit have
soft boundaries supple molding to your
body
Blended families Gawd bless
em Few and far between Id imagine It seems to me one shouldnt make a vow if
they cant keep it Anif they cant then they
are obligatedparticularly if they have children to see them to
adulthood on their own Then yacan go play
You don’t see the difficult picture you’re painting.
Listen man
Nobody forced them to get
marriednobody forced them to have children As my Maw would say Ya made your
bed, now sleep in it.
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