she would say she had a late
night
hed say he had an early morning
their late nightearly morning
twined like snakes
he shagged
she shagged
they nearly turned each other inside
out
he thought they
looked might attractive insides out
she
thoughtoccasionally he was nuts
Nuts for youbaby
You say the sweetest things.
before they went serpent she
reminded him her parents were arriving in the morning and while not prudish
they would be taken back by a man who she hadnt mentioned in her bed
he nodded
even they were AMAZED at how
consumed they were with each other since meeting eight days earlier
he beat her to the punch
Where ya been all my life
You’re stepping on my line.
I checked the script Its mine
Check again. I rewrote it.
he pantomimedpicked it up off the
café table in the coffee shop pulled at the knee of his slacks with his free
hand crossed his leg opened it with both hands briskly snapping it read Hmmed leaned forward placing it on
the table went to his pocket removed an imaginary pen altered it
Ifya look now youll see its my line
she acted like she spun it to face her looked placed her purse on her lap I’ll get a pen out. We can do this all day
long.
he cleared his throathis fist to his mouth took it away If you donmind Id rather do something else all day long
winked
she smiledwinked back Let’s table it for now . . maybe we’ll
wrestle for itbest of onehundredanone matches.
Why put a number on it
You’re right . . why?
not to blow her parents minds
before the rising sun
painted the room he silently got out of bed dressedenough kissed her templeshe didnt move
and left
he walked the four miles to his
placethey lived four
miles from each other for seven years waste and laid in bed
without undressing two of his cats
curled up against him one between his legs tucked up to his crotch the other in
his armpit head on his chest over his heart no sooner they nestledLIGHTS OUT
the phone rangwoke him
it could go to hell
if it was someone they could go
to hell
robocall
robobozos getting clever
they dont
engage if they havent a guppy on the line eyeball on the rednwhite bobber
cats didnt move
he played dead
fell back to sleep
hed wake up when he woke up
unless
robobozo called again
odds were good it would they badgeredstrategy to get at least an
irate human on the line
0944, Thursday,
27 10. 22
1059, Thursday
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