a uniformed woman wandered absently into the lobby from outback and asked loudly if the cashiercounter gal knew where they kept the SPERMICIDES 

                                       thall get ones attentiongrope and manhandle it if they were unfocused for some reason his appointment was delayed they apologisedbegged his understanding  he had time crazy he forgot to bring a book he wasnt keen on the tabled magazines and tipping towards boredtrying hard to be patient without something to distract him 

             he almost wished he knew how to meditate  almost 

the counter gal embarrassed spunshushing her glared  even took a couple steps towards her asif she was going to muffle her mouth with her hands 

                                        there was a story there

                                                                  but the absent woman already had pivoted oneeighty neatly and was heading back to the rear of the business where cubicles were for clients to be treated

                                                                                                   if anyone could call some of their particular torture a treat

in fairness Betty name was stitched on the breast of her palegreen almostmedical tunic gave him something to entertain

    spermicide

                      whawas the descending order of –cides

likely followed how one felt about sperm  or their sperm

purposeful sperm or gobs randyexpressed 

                                           Christ the way he thought he was there for a facial there was another kind of facial on occasion he participatedplayed willingly applied willfully

spermicide

     howbout deicide for those who thought a lot of themselves  

definitely patricide quickly following

                                      matricide dabbling ably next

fratricide sororicide keeping it in the family

parricide not to forget or diminish extended family

infanticide

homicide

homocide   

genocide

     hmm couldnt decide if he hit all the –cides

                                                   so he continued musing as he waited his turn with his esthetician she preferred aesthetician defensively she said What I do is a talent.   It wasnt my intention to belittle you believe me, I was only citing my understanding a difference is recognised between them. I’m sorry.

it wasnt a unwarranted apology

                                   he didnt want her spitting in his soup sotospeak

suntime,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  25  5. 22

1404,  ReggaeFriday,  27  5. 22

egg cream echt cream ekht cream

                                   deybe English German Yiddish  real authentic true cream 

an egg cream tastes like a thinned milkshake thin because its made with soda theres neither egg or cream in an egg cream

        theres an equation in there somewhere

calling something that it isnt

    Huey however  briefly a New York summer boy friend helped provide an equivalent equation

                                                                                                        the only other Huey he knew was Baby Huey a cartoon character a gigantic naïve duckling

when he told Huey he was flattered he was unassuming not that he knew what unassuming meant

Yaever see the cartoon

No.

I saw it once shook his head I didnt like it

                                            Can I ask is your name a nickname

Ohno. a bemused smile drifted onto his face I think my parents shot high, tried to avoid the obviouswhat must have been obvious when I was born, it is German we are German, Huey means bright in mind and spirit . . you get the joke . right?

I do

You did not hesitate.

No

I like you did not hesitate.

Theres no reason to hestitate When ya tell me about yourself who am I to argue

   Makes . sense. I think because . . people try to be nice . try not hurt my feelings . . be thoughtful, you know?

he nodded

              But yare not fishing

No . . I am not.

Right don strike me that yawoud

Huey smiled real big pleased 

                             Say, we are not far from Betsy’s luncheonette, she is my friend, I think she is working today, my parents gave me some money, she makes really good egg creams, could I buy you one?

Sure that would be cool Ive never had one

2250,  Twosday,  24  5. 22

1147,  ReggaeFriday,  27  5. 22

 . . ballsslapp   uttered asif in reverie

                                            he heard himself   then asked Arya talkin to me

DeNiro  Taxi Driver

   a stonecold favourite didnt go there often

                                               though made him smile when he did

ballsslapp

                  Twyla   Twyla lalala rolls off the tongue her name was an attraction  she nearly broke his nose his neckbut she didnt   not for lack of tryin either of them 

                                                           he could imagine worse ways of departing

ballsslapp

           buried deepburied to the hilthipbone to hipbone  beneath him she made him catch his breathshe held hers too  keen eyecontact  gazing in lust maybe wondering if it could be morewas there more

Don move

         sounded like he begged

her carnivoregrin 

                  Don’t move?

Please no  don move

she tugged himkegeled him shed been a gymnast

breathlessly

             Please dondon move  please he begged

she had him right where she wanted

                                      he didnt want to cumnot just then he began pulling outshe gripped him a tug of war NO DON he nearhowled but he couldnt hear himself over her laughter but unable do two things at once in bed her grip slippedhe bucked off had he been a dog he would have licked his bone

                                                                                      collecting himself  Yare craz . .

. . For you completing his sentence                           

he smiled collapsed on top of herhis mouth at her belly  he kissed her

                                                                           Give me a second babe

Time. fuckin comedian

         he slipped his hands under the small of her backhugging her firmly rubbed his jaw against her hips she giggledhis beard tickled she teased Dondon DON move   Pleease

still smiling he looked up into her face looked at her between her breasts 

                                                                           shoving his right hand furthur under hercradling her backfinger an thumb playing with her Venus dimples he brought his left up gripped her breast  gently brushed her aureoleher erect nipple with his thumb 

                                          they lookedsmiled at each other 

                                                                                 I love you 

I love you too.

it was out of the box

cant take that back

he turned his head to a side

she gently laid her hand on his face stroked his cheekcheekbone with her thumb

they laid deathlystill  quiet

it was wonderful to be in love

suntime,  Saturday,  April9 2022

1214,  Thursday,  26  5. 22

Byrds  Everybody’s Been Burned  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UfcTaIEvM8

he held his tongue  was incredulous 

                                       Mebbe ya misunderstood me

No no, I thinkI’m sure I heard you correctly.

absently he suckedair through his teeth  Okay awright   Whad I say

I don’t think it was so much what you said I said but rather I refuted you.

  Refuted   Blew my mind 

                              I canthave  I have a hard time believing thas how you relatedunderstood you were aging

I didn’t make sense?

No

     Perhaps in a manner of speaking in an oddball way  However its not the metric or yardstick Ive ever heard before  an I mean not evernot fucking   ever

Could be I’m unique.

   Unique   Nah

                        Eunuch comes to mind   Eunuch

his forehead furrowedbunched lotsa lines   deep furrows

                                                               You say . . eunuch?

Yah I did 

            But I repeat . . I said mebbe ya misunderstood me  I said I was absolutely sobered when I pickedup a Playboy opened it went at the gatefold Playmate of the Month read her bio name heightweight  measurements  birthdate 

          Stonecold sobered when I realise I was older than she was Last time I looked the playmates were older than me  We were getting close but they were older

Yes . I understood, however my timeline wasnt gauged according to playmates . . rather NBA players . I recognized I was older than they.

NBA players

Yes.

Might wanna hush it   hush hushit

                                      Should someone happen along this line of inquiryLie please lie   Tellme youll lie

Lie?

     Why should I lie?

Donya think it goes without saying

                                     An mindya  the third time this afternoon Ive dumped it goes without saying on you

NBA players                    

Christ  

suntime,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  25  5. 22

2321,  Day-between-Two-Ts

On occasions Grampa would make me a Cincinnati . at home mind you, not at the tavern.

. . . not at the tavern reeled in his ear how times have changed  a boy sipping a cold root beer in a tavern beside his father 

     but for that matter he remembered picking up cartons of cigarettes for his father at the Clark station on Touhy owner knew his dadknew him a simple transaction same asif he was buying a fivecent candy bar

A Cincinnati Dad 

                   I don know what tha is

Sure you do.

I don this is the first I can say yave mentioned it

That can’t be right.

Whose memory ya willin to trus . .

. . Yours yours, sorry . . thought I would have said earlier, it was delicious, a foamy head, crazy sweet, cold.

Was it known as a Cincinnati around the city

That’s what it was called in the neighborhood, I couldn’t say for elsewhere.

So what is it

Grandpa poured halfglass of lager the reminder with Dad’s root beer, it was brewed not three blocks from the house, had a root beer garden too.

No kiddin wha a delightful memory  I appreciate you sharing

You’re welcome, it was quite a treat, as I said, on occasion.

 

later that evening he sat down to watch Madigan  1968   Richard Widmark Henry Fonda Inger Stevens Inger Stevens had to mention her twiceSwedish bombshell   Inger Stevens

in a scene Widmarks character Madigan a New York detective enters a bar on a tip that a criminal hes pursuing is there 

       he came up behind the man  he was sitting in a booth crossing in front of him Madigan sees he isnt who hes after

     Whaddaya looking at? the man asked

Thought you were somebody I knew from Cincinnati.

belligerent drunk the man goes to stand up saying Nobody tells me I look like I’m from Cincinnati . .  

Madigan shoved him back down into the booth  Be quiet and drink your milk. 

   something else

                  hadnt thought of Cincinnati in forever and thenBAM  hears it twice in a day

2243,  Twosday,  24  5. 22

1237,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  25  5. 22

The Byrds  Moog Raga  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVySwHYZH5Q

she busted her ass on the table six guys

they were leaving

she saw that they stiffed her  Sonsabitch

infuriated she went up the aisle after themcaught them in the lobby 

                                                                      You didn’t leave me a tip?

they were inebriated  their selfanointed gangleader turned to face her 

                                                                         Yawant a tip? he began messing with his pants  I’ll give ya a tip still messin give ya a thick shaft tooslap your chin with my balls messed . .

was he really going to sit there an listen to that crap  nah 

                                                            stood  began his best fag brogue he liked calling it a broguehad several Scottish friends who took exception BALLS! limpwrist OHyum yes yes  Yummyyummy balls   Please

clown quit fumbling with his trousers

NO!were you only teasing he acted terribly disappointed Ohdrat  stamped his foot You big tease!   You are bigarent you he held his hands up before his chestfingers clutching fingers like a bunny rabbit

stepping forward towards him leader barked FAGGOT  but that was the only word that left his mouth

soeasy impugn a guys masculinity they lose their mind

                                                           hed help him  his queerfacile fingers bunchedformed fists

he rocked the Lone Ranger if he thought the others were going to follow him into the fray he was nuts                                                                                                                                he saw them around  they made the Three Stooges doubled look like super heroes  but thasaid   the Three Stooges were super heroes

leader crashed into the hostess stand and peeled off it onto the floor  laid stilldazed  his pants still a mess halfopened belt unlatched 

he grabbed him at the waistbandbounced him once loosened his pants more flipped him onto his face yanked his wallet free liberated a twentyFucktha  two twenties  tossed the wallet onto his back

                                                                                 in the confusionsudden melee the gang now able to count to onegetting frisky ballsy he stuck the bills into her hand and motioned for her to beat it return to the diningroom

aint a damn thing like protecting a womans honour

he sidestepped the press wentround the other side of the station into the foyer out the heavy doors casually removing his jacket cap tucked them under his arm crossed traffic in an opening doubledback crossed in front of the restaurant  the Keystone Cops piled out and headed up the street where he went 

                                                                       they wouldnt find Trouble

suntime,  Saturday,  April9  2022

1357,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  25  5. 22

Horslips  Trouble with a Capital T  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8YuAbkDT94 

bone

buffalo

companion

       fourteen year he carried it everywhere

then lost it through a hole in his pocket   

if he was a bright boy when he had his last surgery he would have had the surgeon bury it under his skin

                                                                                                                 then he wouldnt have lost it 

                    Yasee the rationale  he spoke to an interior he saw leaning in out the corner of his eye

Nah

Rubbernecking

No Happened by again   I overheard your musings the first time you retraced your steps  Been doing it since

Yes keep walking the route where lost it keep hopingkeeping the faith   eyespeeled                                                          

Why

Why possibly yare more stupid than me

                                          Ive found other things coins   I know   two dead squirrelstoday I found a dead nestlingnot a tree in a hunred feet   I knowI saw   Picked it up said Come with me little one walked up the road to a live oak placed it in a crotch of the tree   I know   Seemed fitting correct seems a violation to bury a bird a violation of its nature  mine

   I know  Sowhas your gambit

No gambit

           Since no ones looking for it I thi . I believe . . . I believe Ill find it

Yah  Hope springs eternalhuh

Something like that

Thaseems unlike you thas more optimistic than I knowya to be 

                                                                   Thabook yare readingSatori your actions are in defiance of the Japanese Buddhist terminology  comprehension understanding   Seeing what is real

Not whaya want or prefer

   So whas lost cant be found

                                    Think Ill perseverance  Yawanna bet against me

Bet

    Wha am I supposed to put uphow do I to benefit separate from you

  

Your benefit is being attached to me as things become dire more despondent I can imagine silver linings in stormclouds 

              Im willing to task the other side 

Thas nothing new Yare a prick 

   Prick   Confrontational

Gentlemens bet

Were not gentlemen

1411,  Twosday,  24  5. 22

1031,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  25  5. 22

The sergeant majors a real prick Why did you invite him for breakfastyare gone this afternoon yare also the extent of military I can handle

He’s familiar with you, through our letters, who writes anymore. If it’s any consolation . . he thinks you’re a prick too.

Great

Sergeant major went by sergeant major 

                                         Really   I cant do that

That’s my rank. I’m proud of it, I worked hard to attain it.

I aint military Ill callya Butch after your haircut

                                                 So Butch  this is a good breakfast place if you come through town again  The waitress is Shay Don give her a hard time thas my job  Shes probably better at her work than you are at yours 

Ryan rolled his eyeswhispered 

                                 Can’t you make nice?

To a guy who prefers his rank to his name  NO 

                                                  Told you yawere the extent I can tolerate military 

You’re pretty judgmental. You probably have no idea what I do.

I looked it upmemorised it Assist the commander in discipline and welfare of enlisted men Their authority and responsibility at parades and ceremonies extends over commissioned officers while on the parade square

                                                                                                               That must give you a fatty  Butch

Who do you think you’re talking to?

You Butch 

              You    Take a look at your menu

Guys, guys, guys . . Ryan implored

Epizeuxis Repetition for purpose of vehemence

Shay sashayed up

                   she was a pip  a freckled deeplydimpled redhead  not usually his fare but he couldnt resist making new constellationsnaming them of her freckles

                                                  Hiya, Joe, who are your friends?

Ryan right Butch left

she nodded to each Ryan, Butch, welcome to Five Points, don’t ask Joe about the menu, he only eats blueberry pancakes and raw baco . .

. . Its not raw . .

. . It oinks in protest

                       Would everyone like coffee?

at last one thing they could agree upon

Cream? Not Joe.

they asked for cream

Shay said Butch  You two an item?

Yes sergeant major

                    he decided hed try to make nice be less a prick  out of respect for Shay

She’s mighty cute.

Shes beautiful inside an out unlike me  something to say for opposites attracting

 

they were cordial throughout breakfast stayed wide askance of any provocations  they talked sports football rugby hockey 

        Butch didnt expect he knew rugby Thought that might be too violent for you.

Im not adverse to violence as long as it doesnt kill combatants   Dig

Sometimes . .

              Ryan interrupted Gentlemen, gentlemen, epizeuxis . . let’s leave well enough alone, shall we?

Shall said Joe  Who uses shall an laughed a pentup bellylaugh a stand in for what could have been otherwise

Ryans laughter followed

Butch not so much

 

Gents my treat I know you get to get going I can walk from here 

                                                                      he embraced Ryan Im happy ya stopped overnight made the time

Thank you for your hospitality.

Youre welcome

                  Butch he extended his hand  I wont say it was a pleasure

The displeasure was entirely min . .

. . It was

they shook hands without it becoming something else

Thank you for putting us up.

Yare welcome

they left

 

Shay approached They werent friends of yours 

Butch isnt Known Ryan since we were kids  His old man was militarytheyre a military family

I can’t imagine.

Yah Me neither

So good to see you again, this was a nice surprise. Sorry I’ve been so busy, I’m hustling, want to putup some money for our camping trip down the coast.

Camping don cost an arm an a leg

No. But maybe I want to surprise you.

I like surprises

You do.

An theres no tellin bout your surprises

Nope. the word came out of her mouth O PA  he liked how it left her mouth open inviting

A beer tonight

Ohmy, that would be nice.  Off at five, charging guards for dinner.

Ill pick you up sevenseventhirty  I want you to relax

Im relaxed around you.

Time for yourself  We all need that kind of time

You’re swee . . 

. . I am not  

              I like you very much

I like you like me . . I like you very much too.

Seventhirty

It’s a date.

Shay turned him inside out

he didnt think he had to say

he thought it was evident

if she asked hed say

for the time being it seemed to go without saying

suntime,  Saturday,  April9  2022

1349,  Twosday,  24  5. 22

Doris Day  The Deadwood Stage  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlN9mMi6TPM

butterballs a mite suggestive

                              albeit dependent upon the makeupcomposition of ones mind butterballs went to the heart of his graymatter

it didnt help things that the waitress Shay Don’t call me a server I’m a waitress, a waitress, and I’m right proud of it; I’m a damn good waitress . . when I want to be.  she was a card  offered himhe repeated Butterballs when she asked how many he might need  Butterballs  Depends  How big are the balls

she smiled an admixture of humour slyness cruelty made him think of bedding her   They come in paper cups.

Two balls per cup or

Two balls per cup.

Which makes perfect sense

It does.

Scoop them yourself

I do.

The large stack of blueberry pancakes  three or four

They’re plattersize, three.

Hmm plattersize huh   Think Ill need sixeight butterballs

Ill fix ya up dandy . . ya won’t be wanting for balls.

he rolled his eyes

she laughed

I strike you as someone keen for ballsIm a little surprised usually butter comes wrapped in foil . .

. . Those are butterchips.   Butterballs roll off the tongue easier . . don’t you think?

I cant begin to tell ya wha I think

she winked

             Hear you loud and clear.

 

breakfast was delicious

healthy serving of fresh blueberries per pancake they took four papercupsno syrup side of thickcut floppy bacon  strong black coffee

                    Shay knocked it out of the park

settling up the billhe tipped twentyfive percent

                                                 Receipt?

Please

returning to the table Shay handed him the receipt and two papercups nestled together  For you.

For me

For your balls.

My blueballs

Ifya say. Take a gander.  there was that admixture going off in her face again like Fourth of July fireworks

I will thank you

You’re welcome. It was a pleasurehope  hope you come   come again. 

                                                                             that was loaded

 

in the car he gandered

                        Shay two numbers  sometimes breakfasts become more than just a breakfast if things played out hed have to have her in her waitress uniform all those scents smells her would be sensual  delectable

an All-You-Can-Eat breakfast

suntime,  Saturday,  April9 2022

1209, Twosday,  24  5. 22

CSN&Y  Our House  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKYjUn-SBcg