dogs didnt unnerve himhe just didnt
care for them
I think we ought to cross the
street
she was talking either head down or looking at him she wasnt looking up the street as they
walked
he was listening occasionally met
her eyes they conversed but he kept his head on a swivel and because
he was she didnt need to he watched out
as far as he possibly could there was nothing
ought to be short term
and for that many thought
he was a stick in the mudhustled things to probable outcomes if this then that then if this
that this if that that then this
Can’t you just stay
in the moment?
Which moment is that The present is already gone
he often frustrated herhe
frustrated a lot of peopleChrist
he frustrated himself but thats
the way he was wired water off a ducks
back he could put it away but only after
it pricked him
he interrupted herrepeated himself
I think we ought to cross the street he pointed up the street Tha dog
she glanced up to see
she saw a man walking a huge dog
It’s unlike you to give way let alone go across the street.
Awbabe yare nearsighted Trust me on this
You really want . . .
but he had taken her
by the elbowlooked up and down the streetno trafficlead her into the grassy
parkway off the curb onto the street
I do
she let herself be lead
on the
other side of the street she didnt remember what she was talking about
The galleon the galleon you saw in the harbor he said reminding her
he was able to
hook and hang conversations in his brainsee through sudden distractions then return
to them
Ohyes, of course, the galleon, I’d forgotten
. . crazy how you remember.
Nah had I not interrupted you taken you off your
game youdve had it Also I was listening hence obliged
Can you see the
dog better now
she looked they were closing
it was a really huge dog something was queer
he saw the expression turn in her
face confusionconfounded
Let me help you with that Cerberus
her
head snapped backRECOGNITION
Cerberus. Isn’t that impossible?
A threeheaded dog
Mans
got him in harness
Keepin him on
point
You agree it was wise to giving them a wide berth
I didnt want to say
Ohmy wha a
handsome dog coud I pet him I woudntve known which nose to offer my palm
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