he wasnt clever
he had his momentsthough they were few and far
between
however it seemed recently that the
leniency of his retirement if
employers not hiring him staking him constituted leniency allowed his
thought-process to slow linger willow and distillate
deliberate thoughts are usually better
he didnt have to shoot from the
hip anymore
he wasnt accurate when he did
that afternoon he surprised him
usually he dragged him around by his
hairdragged him back through the words hed just said
Ifya don wanna hear wha Im saying cut
me off Its gotta be embarrassingto some extent
that either yare not following me or yare not hearing me
I can hear you.
Hearing aint listening buddy
If Im in deeper
waters than ya care to be say so
absently his head down he passed his cellphone back and forth between his hands
An that damn thing is a
distraction Set it down on the table
It’s not distracting me.
It is
You readily admitted you cant do two things
at once Its distracting you Maybe its face like a mirror throws your reflection
up an sets you to wondering about your next on-line dating hit thinking who she might be
An wondering yarent listening to me
You don’t understan . .
.
. If yare listening to me youd know I
understand
Put the phone downDisconnect If
youd rather look at your phone well have a beer some other time I don wanna
interrupt your fantasies
I’m not fantasizing.
Oh but you are
maybe the accusation made him set
it down maybe not
setting the machine down inspired him Fired a
neuron as he was fond of saying
not five minutes later as they talked about his recent hospital stay
So,
do you know how to tell who the head nurse is?
Umm its identifiedstitched onto her tunic declared on her IDher employment badge
No, the knees of her scrubs are
soiled.
deadpan
he laughedcaught him off guard Thats funnyvery funny usually my purview but thats funny particularly coming out of your mouth
he kept laughingthinking
he couldnt remember the last time he heard him tell a joke he shook his head thoroughly enjoying the
moment
sundry sexual chatter
followed
not five minutes later
they were talking
about the next time he had people over to his place for a pool party Could you do me a favor though?
Favour Sure
Yeah, thanks, don’t wear your
drag suit; my friends are more tame than yours.
he howled at his own joke
he couldnt help but join himMuthafucker
was on a roll
drag suit implying crossdressing not the Speedo
polymesh his daughter gave him that he wore while swimming laps
Man ya ought to quit playing with your phone more often
You can be funny
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