22.11.21

 

whas life


to each his own


his was a fluid origami foldingunfolding lived to dreams an dreamed to life   

when he discussed Life capital L he did not distinguish between them
                                                                       his experiences were codifiedwere simply MEMORY long rich deep memories  it didnt matter to him if circumstances he faced were blacknblue redblooded live daydream dream hypnagogic or hypnopompic  he kept them in the same stone well  dipped into it greedily sipped savoured


the other eveningmorning he read the words over and over reading them he eventually heard them recited by an unknown voice then in his  then other voices women menhe wasnt able to distinguish them either despite listening intensely usually he dreamed of strangers

“You were so busy watching where you were going you didn’t see where you were.”  declarative   accusative
perhaps   . . where you had been.

it seemedbecause it was looped he must have read itheard it at least onehunred times as he slept “busy watching” was the Present the act of lookingmoving forward not prescient however disregarding what retreated in the rearview mirror he was taught to drive in high school by a strict teacher learned in hectic Chicago traffic who was obsessed with where his students eyes were  Mirrors, dammit, you have three! Check them every five seconds!
                                                                                        he remembered on two occasions the instructor had the driver stop the car and get out  You can walk back to school. Find another teacher, we’re through.


    mirrors
                they are there for a reason

lessons learned

0757,  Sunday,  21  11. 21
241,  Monday,  22  11. 21

 

he nearly spitinterrupting their conversation Mack wanted to know what happened to the woman he was recently dating Mack forgot her name  he wasnt going to remind him
                                                                 Im not seeing her Im not fond of clingy women
Clingy? She was dropdead gorgeous.

No matter clingys a dealbreaker

What’s clingy?

You an assholeya know wha it is
                                   he paddled the air with the back of his hand Go off woudya baby I need some room to breathe                    

I like a woman’s attention; I would have liked hers.

he snorted
            Lemme put it this way If a womans beautiful intelligent she gives wonderful blow jobs but clingy   Adios

his face flushed What are you talking about?
                                              Those attributes but clingy, you kicked her to the curb?          
Adios Thas the size of it

You’re nuts. If she was the three, I wouldn’t mind clingy.

Noya wouldnt  Not really

Mack was enthused
                      Really.

Yaknow wha I can write a single word that would change your mind so youd understand me

A word?

One word

You’re on.
            I don’t think you can dissuade me.

he took a napkin from the dispenser on the lunch counter Look off to the side a moment woudya

he could have saved his breath  their waitress a young goodlooking woman had returnedwas behind the counter again  far end

he wrote gave Mack a chuck to the shoulder with the back of his hand  Thats it

reluctantly Mack slowly swiveled his stool left
                                               the waitress had leaned forwardput her elbow to the counter to read somethingtop of her garment gaped open handsome cleavage What? he looked down at the napkin

You remember what happens to the male

AwJesus.

Good  Yaremember
                     The male anglerfish has to find a female fast shes enormous  several males can can attach  Slowly   whahappens

Slowly his body is absorb by the female and he is reduced to and functions as nothing more than a gonad.


Right  Dealbreaker
1447,  Saturday,  20  11. 21
1012,  Monday,  22  11. 21