they vied back and forth semantics intellectuals not-geniuses geniuses rumours gossip lies Venn diagrams Zen diagrams gamechangers dealbreakers 

                               Yay  Stoned

he mused Whabout etchings

Etchings?

Ever think tha was a line  Woudya like to come up an see my etchings  

   Etchings?

Yah comon  once upon a time photography posters didnt exist  hence etchings paintings 

That’s stupid.

Ya kiddin 

           If you were alive thenmake a historicalcultural leap  how ya gonna get a woman up to your place

Not to see my etchings.             

Wha

I don’t know.

Comon think  gets a little old being the lone storyteller balls in your court  How you getting her up the stairs to your tenement 

Tenement?

Werent called apartments not even cold water flats  tenements  maybe maybeheated with stoves braziers maybe fireplaces my point  get her off the street up to your abode  Better 

                                                                      Certainly not incumbent on your sterling personality humour neither sufficient  To suggest etchings might fetch her up  suggests taste wealth sweetens the pot

You’re kidding me.

Know me to kid  Straight shooter babe

You don’t think I’m prize enough? 

Oh hell no

   No? 

No nope  Then as now yaneed all the help ya can get 

                                                        Me  Id definite chime etchings  Think inducement  Helps me seduce  Induce seduce  Fun  Clever   Give her a giggle if nothing else

Giggle. 

        No I don’t think so.

Ah  Abstinence 

                 Theres tha

No. 

How are you getting her upstairs cuz ya aint alltha not much of a lure friend

I would.

Lemme guess

               Wishful thinkingmagical thinking  How

I just know I would.

   Suppose thas half the battle   Nother toke

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