Que le vaya bien

in lieu of a whiteboard he had paper on a clipboard  it was significantly more portable

his cohort was tickledloved illustrating his points by drawing graphs bell curves Venn diagrams  however he often couldnt attest to their accuracy

                                 If yawan you can doublecheck me. yawan  he was rubbing off on him

I intend to because I don know anyave admitted as much

You’re going to look it up? a hint of incredulity creeping in his voice

I am I don take anyone at their word I need to know for myself Drove buddies girlfriends my wife kids nuts

Your Venn is selfexplanatory only two cells in it an their intersection  I think your overlap is exaggerated

What if I said it reflects my experience.

I pity your experiencethough its possible my experience wherehow I grew up severely limited the overlap

                                                                                                              We might have been more serious less coddled

What do you mean less coddled?

You an yours your parents were affluent

                                           Affluence lived was across the tracks from us their children went to schools in the citywerent in our public school an donbe butthurt  you were coddledHell four years older than me and Nams draft wasnt your concern  I was in it up to my eyeballs for two years

his Venn was two circles whose arcs crossed through the others center  one was labeled Class Clowns the second Likes to be Liked  a significant overlap

1515,  Thursday,  10  2. 22

1446,  Twosday,  26  7. 22

Dispatch  Open Up  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqM5a2xYZPI

it was at a picnic 

                   an idyllic greengrass blueskies gingham lawn blankets picnic tables food iced drinks

  

I’m always screwing the two upcan’t remember which one is right, an when I think I am I make an ass out of myself because I’m stuck, I opened my mouth an said an I was wrong.  A behemoth . . a real fuckin’ idiot.

he was tentative trying to decide whether hed take the stick out of his hand so hed quit beating himself or if hed rather enjoy it 

           a little while longer  he wasat heart a sadist everyone was

Whacha cryinbout

You weren’t listening?

To the whining unmistakable  how coudnt I

Whining, I was whining . .

. . Like a beat dog

                   I heard you  but ya didnt say

I didn . .

. . Hinted  always screwing the two up 

                                           Two You didnt identify them   Anya came out of the bluesomethin triggered a thought  obviously distasteful

Thought I was gaining headway with this woma . .

. . Ya went off in your head We werent talking about women let alone one woman  Your date last night went sideways

You keep finding ways 

Apparently. he shook his head pitifully

he wasnt going to pity him pitys like greed it just wants more an more

he kept shaking his head

nope aint happening wrap your chintzybrain round it he wasnt going to enable his horseshit   man up

You said you confused two words

                                       You understand you confuse words often 

I was so sure.

So you made an ass out of yourself   You offer any contrition his head kept working side to side to no avail  Doubleddown didnt ya really made a splendid ass out of yourself . .

. . But I was so sure.

Id think by now when yare sure youd be sure you were wrong the head quit working

What do you mean by that?

Wha I said  The wordswha two words

You’ll shit when I say.

the back of his neckhead ached immediately Ive heard you misuse them before an Ive corrected you

You have, yes.

Tell me

You’ll be angry.

I aint your folks Ill be irritatedIm irritated now  Ya fucked up you were the one with dick in hand last night

Jest.  Gist.

Amusement  Substanceessence     Christ

I said . .

. . I donwanna know 

                        In the future when yare sure be sure yare wrong

I was so sure.  the head started wagging again

even his sadism had limits he bid him goodbye and walked away

1514,  Thursday,  10  2. 22

1059,  Twosday,  26  7. 22

Billy Joel  Big Shot  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhF8AgBR8hM

what kind of house of worship operates in a mini mall  maybe operates is too  Wha   too mundane worship ought to be sanguine optimisticpositive however its root is Latin sanguis blood bloody bloodthirsty  he couldnt think of a damn thing more bloodthirsty than church religion

                                              what kind of church operates in a mini mall between a hardware store and a donut shop on the corner is a House of Pancakes

always tickled to find humour be it black he flipped a coin Sunday mornings before kickoff to see if he was going to attend worship or stop and have pancakes or waffles or sunnysideup eggs  loose  combating the annoyednot understanding look he got in return he told the waitress just to be sure they jiggled when she walked

   Sandy Gawd bless her eggs jiggledshe jiggled it was divine to witness her crossing the diningroom with his order

she also remembered he liked Tabascoliked his toast drycoffee black he didnt have to ask

                                                                                                she was a real peach

didnt make them many like her

how many times did the coin -- a silver dollar his grandfather gave him when he was a boyalways carried it with him made him feel close to the old man he died when he was eight he remembered him as the maniac who couldnt believe his younger brother and sister were riding bikes Santa brought them and he wasnt carried his bike in one arm him in the other parked his ass on the seat and ran him headlong at a huge catalpa on the parkway swervin round itlookin back he saw him in crazy pursuit he pedaled away like a madman leaving him in his dust -- how many times did the coin fail and send him to church  Like hed let a coin decidewhad it know

he didnt know its denomination certainly Christian likely fundamentalist demonation fund mental a cold day in Hellnot that he believed in it  Dantes Inferno cured him of that nonsense Nine circles of Hellhis favorite number was nine fat chance there was a Hell

he tipped Sandy generously

                              leaving to go home for kickoff if he had a hat he would have doffed ithe didnt instead he flipped it off and its gaggle

 

1443,  Thursday,  10  2. 22

0912,  Twosday,  26  7. 22

Norah Jones  The Nearness of You  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsczuCzyUs4

ditto Sinatra  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AEjDbnJvw