that hadnt happened in some time 

                                    matterafact  he couldnt remember a time finishing off three pens in any week usually they jumped off one by one

antha despite two being red Cristal BICstheir chambers see-through didnt occur to him to looksee probably akin to his circumstances of the hirsute fat man who lived in an apartment across a courtyard from his who had a disturbing tendency to lumber naked the drapes curtains unclosed 

                                                           more than once he was irkedtempted to put his eyes out with pens when unguarded he happened casual glances outside his window 

   two medium red BICs one Finepoint Pentel RSVP blackink

hed miss them 

               he needed to find a freshpacket of Pentels he had one left 

Cristal BICs hahaha 

                     Not funny Dad. 

It is love 

he told her with an Amazon purchase he bought a box of 50 Cristals with other packets of 10 he had he told her that it was very likely hed never have to buy another BIC

Don’t put that out into the ether.

Its okay babe Ive covered my bets

                                    Ive chummed the ether  Im livin to at least onehunred 

So why do you think you won’t have to buy more BICs?

Because love Im writing more frequently than I ever have directly to WORD on the computer

   Oh . . . that makes sense . . 

. . Yah doesnt it

It does. 

Yah

You still holding onto a few of the emptied tubes, caps intact?

he chuckled 

             Yes

Are you still spitballing people in the library who refuse to be quiet or create incidents with librarians by refusing to take their cellphones outside to talk?

he laughed 

            Yes sweetpea

You still really good at it?

How canya not be good at something youve been at since grade school

Bible verse . . put away childish things?

Corinthians King James Bible Chapter thirteen eleventh line 

                                                                 When I was a child I spoke as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child but when I became a man I put away childish things

Yes, that's it.

Love I don think I was ever a child eldest of ten I had responsibilities

So do you think spitballs may be latent, ongoing celebrations of a childhood you didn't have?

I think thas as good an explanation Ive heard  Thank you I appreciate your wisdom

Apple, nut, don’t fall far from the tree, Dad.

Good thing were on the phone ya mightave bought yourself a sloppywet spitball

I pick an choose my battles . . when to speakgo face-to-face or over the phone.

That wisdom love aint off my tree

Oh hell no, you prefer being in someones faceprefer confrontation.

I do I do

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309preferred,  Thursday,  30  3. 23