According to my Maw there wasnt a woman good enough for me out
there he caught the look flash in her
face no disguising that
Im tellinya thaswha she said
Your mother actually said that,
no hyperbole?
No My Maw was a prude an she loved to tell people wha to dohow she
believed was unimpeachable A stalwart fivetwo
little dogbitch attitude
Did you just call your Mom a
bitch?
On
more than one occasionusually to her face preferred telling her to her face if I coud
You love your mother?
Deeply She an my old man are my oldest friends I rarely sought their counselasked them bout
things I intended to do but if they guessedsolicited Id hear them out
Did they ever change your mind?
No Hard to change my mind Ive always researched referenced been objective sought facts
assembled what was true
Had doozies of arguments with myself
What might your Mom have thought
of me?
Youve slept with me Yare a slut
her voice heavy suddenlyhoarse Would she have called me a slut?
Push came to shove
Otherwise
shed say She’s one of those girls.
Those girls?
Gold digger
You got gold?
Got
Milk commercial sounded in his head No gold
DAMN.
Swung an missedhuh
Here was hoping.
Yarefunny tickle my funny bone . .
.
. Among other bon . .
.
. Play me like a xylophone
Wood?
Yare so keen baby
I think if I wasn’t we wouldn’t
be having this conversation.
Keen an perceptive
Well, I am sorry I won’t have the
opportunity to meet her . . she did very good by you, raised you right.
She did
I think the very best thing she did for me was
teaching me how to cook
Why is that?
Like most things she taught us the crux was to be selfsufficient
Me
and my siblings are dependable
She was a good mother.
In that regards second to none
Though flawed but human beings
are Wha makes us human
Nobody’s perfect.
Fewer an fewer try
Could you say the best thing she
taught you?
Yes
That was quicker than I thought.
I didnt have to thinkreflex
You’re killing me . can’t wait
to hear.
She taught me that the quickest
way to a womans heart was through her stomach
She did not.
laughed gayly
I like to think she did thaswha she meant
What she meant?
Yes Otherwise Id imagine she meant to put women
off because I was too independent woudnt need them
She misplaced
that I might want a woman
Donforget I said she was a prude
1927, Twosday,
17 5. 22
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