walking up towards him as he sat at a table outside a coffee shop Hey man ya gotta lose the cap as he said he pointed to his head so cap didnt confuse him

he peered at him Lose my cap?

Yah Another fellas reputation precedes you anya donwanna be aligned with or mistaken for him  Hes bout your age stature look

the peer hardened he thought Save it for the girls you hang with  I have a reputat . .

. . A nondescript quiet reputation coud be soiled Ifya read this mornings paper I don think youd be wearing it Tryin to save you a little grief is all though I am tempted to start up with ya

Grief? My reputation . .

. . Your reputation befalls someone who hasnt moved around rolling stone gathers no moss  yare mossy   Im tellinya to lose the cap for a while until things blow over

It’s my team. 

  His too

             It woud be goodsmart not to be associated with

Associated . . what the hell are you talking about?

If you saw the local paper ya woudnt be askin

Why don’t you enlighten me? sarcasm  could cut it with a knife

Thank you I will a job I happily fill to protect you from yourself anya need a whole lotta help

                                                                                                  His reputation precedes you  I remember the case local fellow ya don want to be confused with him a paedophile recently released from prisonreturned home   religiously he wears a 49ers cap he coudnt say why but the song Getting to know you sounded in his head  . . . my cup of tea

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Temptations  Papa was a Rolling Stone  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXiQtD5gcHU

Bing Crosby  Getting to Know You  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1LNc0RRhnw

irritated she crossed her arms harrumphed  Do you realise how often you interrupt me?

Ive no choiceyou leave me no choice

                                      Its my attempt to nudge you along your habit is to circle aroundbelabour points weve agreed upon I call it its called beatin a dead horse   When a coins stamped move along

she had said E.E. Cummings.

he said e. b. cumming

E. B.? You’re wrong, could be you’re thinking of E. B. White.

Nah e. b. cumming

Edward Estlin.

Yes Elwyn Brooks

Elwyn Brooks?

E. B.

Ah, yes.

Not my e. b.

Cummings?

Cumming

I’m . . she was frustrated . I’m . . not following you.

e. b. Eager beaver

Eager beaver.  What?

Eager beaver cumming   he also interrupted her because nobody rolled their big beautiful eyes like she did very fetchinghence   worthwhile

                               You were saying before I interrupted

like a toy balloon with a slow leak  What was I saying?

I wasn’t being rhetoricalwhat was I saying?you know . . . when you interrupt me you knock me off my train of thought.

Not much of a train babe

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Savoy Brown  Hellbound Train  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6TkCLDcC7o

What can I say, we were two different people.

Yasay tha now

                 their server was passing  he dug her shapeher lavendercoloured uniform darkpurple apron  Excuse me Rennie coud I get a refill on my coffee please

Yes, I’ll be right back.

Thank you

You’re welcome.                   

  There Bought ya some time  You have a rejoinder 

                                                          Rejoinder Yasee Im tryin to credit ya with the ability to spout something sharp  witty

Thank you no, I don’t want to work that hard.

I can understand  after all your hard work on your failed marriage

                                                                          I get a rimshot for tha

You’re not funny.

Im not Im being caustic

                         Kindness flagged some time ago I don know why were talkinbout itwhy ya brought it up

Because it comes up time to timecrosses my mind . .

. . Runs me over 

                  Idve thought What’s love have to do with it? woudave cauterised it Ive got a backup to curl yare hair ifya like

You have a backup?

Im your brain trust I do 

                         Ya want it

Sure, kick me while I’m down.

You shouldnt be downYES Shouldnt   Its behind you You escapedaside from your emotions relatively unscathed

Rennie placed her hand on his shoulder a breast at his backleaned over him to pour the coffee 

he looked up into her iceblue eyes as she concentrated 

                                                          No time to be funny Joe, fresh hot coffee, I don’t want to spill in your lap.

No don do tha Im fixating on your eyes so mine don wander

when she finished pouring stepped up beside him they did

Rennie smiledfreakin dimples In some quarters, Joe, that might be thought sexual harassment.

No baby pure admiration

Then one day, baby, you ought to ask me out.

he nearly flipped

it must have showed in his eyes

deeper dimples Ask.

I woudnt have thoug . .

. . Because you’re old enough to be my father?

I am

You are. But correct me if I’m wrong . . we have a chemistry.

  We do

           Though I thought you were only being nice

Quit thinking.

               You’ll excuse me, I’m working. she walked away

he watched

She knows you’re looking.

She does

Damn . . that was something else, I wouldn’t have believed you had you told me.

You can believe me 

                     An such a perfect seque   Curl your hair

Curl my hair?

Before Rennies stealth attack

Before?

Mygawd hint 

                 Brain trust

  Got zip.

Ever tire of zip

No . . I don’t want to work that hard. he beamed broadly  Besides . . it’s rare you forget . so just say . . . excoriate me . .

. . Disembowel you

                      I said you can believe me She saidyoull recall when I say What’s your hang up with honesty.

AWFUCK.

Cauterise it  Ya made a mistake ya corrected it

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