Hold onhold on he fingered his ears trying to clear them I cant hear ya
How do you mean you can’t hear
me?
he saw her mouth move
I said HOLD ON
I CANT HEAR YOU he couldnt hear himself
he saw exasperation work in her face Sorry I really cant hear just now he
took his fingers away he yawnedstretched
his jaw side to side down forward side to side
inside his ears a loud
ringing
confused she sat backcrossed her arms waited
finally the RINGING ceasedstopped
as abrupt as it began
he yawned hard HELLO
he
could hear himself
Thas better he looked across the table at her I apologise Im back
she unfolded her armsleaned forward
What was that about?couldn’t hear me.
That was crazy You knoware familiar with that sayin when your
ears ring someone is talking bout ya
Yes.
Whoever was talking about me had
to be screamin it deafened me on this
end
Screaming?
Yah anits not like Ive givenI believe
someone reason to scream about me Im a
nice gu . .
. . A real peach.
You said it
I understand theres a cure first year of the Seventeenth century Pliny the Elder he also coined tinnitus
Do tell.
I was Eares ringing and singing, or having them any
unnaturall sound and noise.
His cure?
I love it have any pregnant
friends
Pregnant friends? What does that
have to do with anything?
First confirms they have sex
Oh
Jesus
Hell have to get in lineaint takin backseat to him Sloppy seconds Jesus
Oh My God.
In line
I don know if theres a sloppy name
for thirds
Dirty thirds?
Im not askingwere vergin on
felchin
Felching?
Please he
screwed up his face No Tell
me it aint so
Do I want to know?
Yawanna meet somebody down the road
whos less a peach than me anave them say
Maybe not.
This is one for the books ya got a pen an paper
Stop the dramatics.
Welcome the traumatics Felching suckingeating cum out
of someones anus Kinda ifya think about
it reminiscent of licking the cream out
of a Hostess huur crack me up Twinkies or
CupCakes
You
she retchedeyes teared
Nahhuh I saved you Yare welcome Im a peach of a guy
Pregnant friend
Don’t miss a beat.
Careful histrionics affectation Beat it . .
.
. Would ya stop. I’ve forgotten your runon mind . .
.
. Fun A wild ride
Where are the life jackets?
More wild without em Pregnant friend
You’re not letting up?
Thad be so unlike me
she sat boltupright No pregnant friends.
Nuts
I hate propositioning strange womenI
like strange women I meant a woman Ive
not met before
she
sheshed
Really laboring this
explanation all to hell.
No appreciable rest without work preceding it
Yes All to hell
Pregnant?
The cure
Cure?
For tinnitus screaming tha deafened me
Ohyes, foolish me.
Afraid you’ve deranged me.
Rearranged you
More ways than one.
Sally forth,
embark.
Yes I shall sally at your insistence
Happy yave caught up
I didn’t I didn’t, ya gave me a
ride.
Yare welcome
So fuckin polite.
Patience wearing thin
My patience is exhausted, I’m
beat helpless by your pyrotechnics.
Ohgosh Thank you Im flattered
Usually I dislike flattery but
for you Ill make an exception
she
was unimpressed Pregnant.
Yes the cure
A mixture of leek juice rose
oil cumin honey breast milk got a rimshot for me
she
acted like she struck a snare drum
I’m beat.
Yasaid
1032, Sunday 7
8. 22
1146, Monday
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