she was a free spirit  decisive  wayout ahead of things when marijuana was legalised coudsay she cornered the market locals were true blue to her 

                                     a fiercely independent spirit

I thought you would have known.

How woud I know

Your daughter.

You palled around with my daughter

Yeah . . well . maybe not palled . . maybe, not . . . but we were friends . I slept overnight at your apartment for a birthday party, we pulled some antics together.  I may have been a little too nuts for her. I was Aggie she was athlete, but we definitely shared some attributes.

thats how they got acquainted

                               then randomly they ran into each other then successively more and more frequent like the Fates or Gawd made them happen

their joke You stalking me?

she was definitely stalkable

                               drove a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter cargo van Gunbarrel gray. her colour description   Not unpolished silver   No. Gunbarrel gray.

                                          unmistakable around town

                                                                        which was probably what he honed in on had to see her in it behind the wheel more than a few times before he recognised her outside of itbefore he thought it wouldnt be untoward or inappropriate to approach her  Friends

Aw, you want to be my friend.  she teased

                                                Truth be known.

Truth be known

Maybe someday, maybe . . maybe like her friendship with his daughter But in the meantime let’s enjoy our encounters.

it made him curious in the moment

                                    but he tucked it awayrelegated to that once upon a time memory 

 

he was sitting outside a coffee shop a couple of towns over taking fresh air reading writing a letter to his father

a shadow fell across his hand pen and paper 

                                                 Hello, stranger.

he looked upthrew a hand up as visor to block the sun out of his eyes

                                                                          Ohwow Mel Whacha doin in these parts

Had a delivery, picked up some vials for CBD oil, other product.

hadnt seen her in spaghetti straps khakigreen ribbed scoopedneck he was almost amazed he didnt have to clear his throat before he spoke

                  We got to quit meeting like this

We do.

        When should we meetdon’t you think?

a highpitched squeal happened in his ears like hed gone deafthen a rush that he hoped it hadnt shone in his face

                                                                                                                Man wish I had something clever to say ya caught me offguard

she tilted her head like a pup fuckin cute anyways  like she heard his silent squeal whistle You haven’t given it a thought?

No Ive thought  thought it over an over  Didnt think to sa . .

. . Wouldn’t be appropriate?

Yare a big girl anything we entertained woudbe appropriate

                                                                We have an obvious attraction  I preferred obviously  not to risk our friendship or tread on your kindnesswe really havent had time to address mention  other relationships

Are you in a relation?

I am not you

I am not.

Blow me down

Ive been thinkinbout it.  a deliciously wicked smile simmered on her face

                                                                             What are you doing right now?

Not a thing I wont stop

So stop follow me. she began walking

                                        over her shoulder I saw you from across the parkwaythought it might be you . . took a chance.

her Mercedes-Benz was ahead

she slid open the side door

he hopped inside she followed sliding the door shut behind her they could standup in it

Ive not been inside one of these its amazing  he squatted down for a fauxseated perspective like Sistine Chapel baby

Crazy huh?check this out.

                            she stepped towards the rear leaned over ass in his face made some upper body movements at somethinghe didnt see her ass in his face  There. she turnedher ass wasnt in his face shed made a bed sat down on its edge elbows on her knees 

                                 Wanna get high?

I do an Im not apologising or excusing myself for looking at your tits 

Tits.

Tits

I’m glad you said titsyou’d’ve tipped me if you said breasts.

Nice tits

Thank you. she grinned  That’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me.

Ive not seen you dressed for summer the heat before we havent seen each other summertime before

We have.

  Have  When

After graduation, a bunch of us were poolhopping, beat the heat, we stopped at your complex, you happened to be there swimming . . your daughter always talked about you swimming . we jumped in to disrupt youseriously . then we began a game of Marco Polo . . . I invited you to play with us.

I played ofcourse

You did. You captured me more than several times.

                                                       Truth be known.  Mel didnt sit backshe let him feast

Yave said that before I remember

You have.  Good memory.

An

Truth is . . . Ive wanted to sleep with you then

    truth is

               they didnt sleep

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1558,  Saturday,  26  3. 22

See therehe pointed  There . .

. . Whar . .

. . THERE just on the barbedwire just beyond the birdbath  THERE  SEE?     

Awyah See   A hummingbird

A Rufous hummingbird.

                        he was a boider that was his name for him boider not that he knocked him watching birds he saw them too although they didnt inspire him to admirationdefended himself Im prone to black and white shadows notsomuch brilliant colours he told naysayers if he wanted colour he could invoke it was attracted to muted soft not garish to pastels bruises subtle colouring  not those who screamed at the top of their lungs desperate to be noticed wanting to be the center of attraction like a loudmouth kid

Rufus

Yes, a Rufous hummer.

Lil guys got standinghuh

he turned left sharply to look at him Standing?

turning rightmeeting his he didnt know wha that look was he stepped back halfstep gave them some roomlittle breathing room he needed thatdidnt like being crowded

                                                  Yah  Street cred

Street cred? Street cred. he halfstepped back toorealising he was up on him  I’m not following, what are you talking about?

Street cred Yaknow must know

                                     Rufus

No. Rufous is a kind of hummingbird, aggressive, known as a keystone species, which means it links the fate of other species scattered over large landscapes.

    Keystone  Well there you have it    Still zip street cred

I’ve heard tell . . prominence?

Prominence

             Somebody vying for street cred might bitchslap ya for that Prominence Jeez  As ya know I grew up in Chicago Our Rufus was a big redheaded kidBIG Belligerent Bully We contended with him not threefour months then fivesix of usdepending on whos telling the story ganged up pounded the snot out of him His street cred had preceded him  antics preceded him

                           Smartlythe smartest thing he ever did he didnt say we didnt say Later his old lady helped him get into the service at seventeen Maybe he wanted his cred back could find it elsewhere  heard said Kill some gooks as he called them Mebbe they heard him Clipped him fourfive months incountry  Cant say we shed a tear

after 1700hrs,  Saturday,  22  1. 22

828,  Saturday,  26  3. 22