he was thinking about it
he couldnt rememberhe might have
been mistaken but he couldnt remember
doing it he was more apt to roll his
eyes straightup not averted left or
right straightup how hed look if he thought a bird was sizing him
up to shit on him
the telephone rang
Papa!
Hey baby Look at you callin the right number
it drove her nuts
when she dialed his cell he might not have it On
I’m getting better at it, when I’m distracted I screw up.
I suppose since you got me its my
job now to distract youI LOVE YOU
she had the cutest little hehheh it came up from her toes
I
LOVE YOU TOO.
How are you well
If I was independently wealt . .
.
. Id be rich
Yes, you'd be rich, I’d share the spoils
with you. I am well, thank you. You?
Ive been blessed not churchGawd
blessed with the fortune of good health
You’re funny, yes, you’ve been
not churchy blessed, and I'm grateful we seem to share a like disposition . .
except for my female problems.
Yes Im sorry to about that
A tichebit too much
testosterone
Yup, on you, can’t pawn that off on Maw.
Nope She was beautifully feminine feline
a jungle cat
Yes, yes she was . . .
Yes
Time for distraction
Yes.
Air quotes Do you use them an canya remember seeing me do
them
You. No.
I use them to
exaggerate facetiousness . . Oh, what a air
quotes brilliant idea.
Oh yare terrible
Terribly honesty, like someone we know; can’t leave it up to people who otherwise might think I thought their
idea was brilliant.
No . . you do the eye thing. Sis and I, Maw tipped us off, always
watched your eyes, when wed call you out you tried to negate it with a
slysmile and Bullshit.
Ya didnt buy it
Not in a long time.
Not air quotes,
just sharp eye stabs blink and you miss it. Though I suppose if you’ve
honed them why waste energy pulling your hands out of your pockets to make
quotes; you conserve energy.
Okay Thats what I remember
Thank you for the confirmation
Youbetcha. What brought that up?
Was talking with an acquaintanceyare not familiar with them anthey
said the best air quotes they ever saw was a woman she was a teacher who snapped
her arms up from the elbow and hookedjabbed her fingers in the air like claws He said it was the grimmest thing he ever saw
I called them cruel quotes
Unable to leave well enough alone I embellished
Told him if I were ever to do quotes
Id tie it up in a nifty redribboned exaggerated bundle have recorded fingernails scratching a
chalkboard to my phone theatrically set it down hit play hook the air with my fingers headheight an slowly
drag them down near to my chest
Ouch, Papa.
Yah Definitely wouldnt wanna be on the receiving
end of that
But
some real qualityhuh
Physical hyperbole.
Think Zeppelin would record it
after 1650, Day-between-Two-Ts, 24 11.
21
1643, Twosday,
30 11. 21