when they moved in they decidedwhich
meant she decidedwhich meant he could care less theyd lose the existing miniscule
showerhead
she bought the biggest one he had
ever seen
hexagonal
eight inches side to side
cast an amazing spraywhich meant while
he was behind her hed still get wet
never didnt mind showering behind
her
coming or going she was
worth his undivided attention
now she wasnt there
the showerhead reminded him every
time he showered
some thing he hadnt expected
happened
strange
at night soaking a tumblerthreefingers of whisky over his left
shoulder resting on the tubs moldedfiberglass edge under pale flickering candlelight in lavender oil scented water the showerhead moved
it looked down on him deployed straight
forth
when he finished a shower he angled
the head to the side wall away from the curtain
next time he showered he didnt
have to worry about spray splashing off him onto the linoleum floor
reasonable
why not
the water was hot
it wasnt that hothe wasnt in long
enough to be impaired overheated he had
occasions though not recently
he looked again it was angled to
the wall
eyes playing tricks on him
he relaxed sipped his whisky
while sipping it turned its head to
him he heard its neck creak he had
sympathy he disliked when his neck
creakedcracked he assumed by shots he took to the side of the head while
sparring
it
creaked leftangled towards the collapsed curtain
Don ya fuckin
dare he said aloud
it creaked back facing him
Wha up
he wasnt against conversing
with an animatedinanimate objecthe talked to people he was surprised but he wasnt against it
it remained mute
Should I fill in the blank
its head creaked up creaked down
creaked to face him again
Easy one
Im not her
somehow it distended itself
towards him
A bitchaint it
he halfexpected the series of
arced rubberised spigots to form a face to express the bitch it was
rather the head tipped down dejectedly no creak
Were in agreement
Nothing to be done Time will tell he had sympathy
the head lifted its chin and
receded
he held his glass up Heres to maybe took another sip
Yaknowman stranger things have happenedhe
wasnt being sarcastic
reaching back over his left sighing
he set the tumbler down
Stranger
things have happened
hearing a creak he raised his eyes
and caught the showerhead returning to the angle he usually positioned it at to
the side wall
Goodthoughts Think good thoughts
he slipped down deeper into the
waterclosed his eyes
if the showerhead creaked anymore
he missed it his ears were underwater
goodthoughts
he always had good thoughts
when he thought of her
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