at 3:53PM

a Twosday

18April 

         18 Avril French Abril Spanish in German April is April  fooled himhe thought something harsh   guttural 

he scribbled on a piece of paper three clues 

                                                 nurse or purse sexist

those were the crumbs he left himself 

                                         when he wrote them he was sure as shit his brain would immediately populate what he meant

whenever he turned to the slip of paper he saw the crumbs dry shrink grow more stale  a now or never moment was approaching 

               which meant his brain was looking for where it last placed its eraser

he put it through its paces because the last time it used the eraser HE didntcouldnt  possibly wouldnt  although that would meanrequire the admission his deep memory well might not be as deep as he believed  he didnt couldnt remember either

left himself a gauntlet

 

was he worthy 

he thought so

      Then ante up

Oh go away a mariachi   

shehe heshe pushedup the brim of their sombrero stared eyes black

                                                                        Ante up Put up or shut up your whining mewling is unbecoming attracting unwanted attention Though not unwarranted Theyre wondering why ya don check out Check out You followknow check out  Yado You have no idea or can imagine the snickering eyerolls were contending with

heshe shehe were serious 

                           almost made him feel bad 

but he knew his mariachi also loved to gloat when he came through 

                                                                        all he wanted on occasion they suffer a little humility  civility  not glee untrammeled reckless hubris 

he looked at the page for the umpteenth time 

                                                 nurse purse sexist

he knew he could crack it 

knew hed remember 

WABAM  shard of memory blinded him momentarily

descriptive of an attractive fit older man pursuing a younger woman say 20 years perceiving her as either a nurse or a purse  M N O P Q  but a letter apart 

                                        sexist  DUH  

thawas the neat little bow to bind the two

golddigger flipped 

Yeahbaby

Hushit

         A little modesty a little humility please 

But you did it

I did  Yes

You don think yare irritating someone tha you remembered we guarantee it  Yare gonna get tha haughty questioner Ya ever remember whatha nurse pursue sexiststhing was Sure ya hadnt anya say Yah an explain it  You cantdon hear wha we hear  Theyd spit in your beer ifya ever set it downwalked away from it 

Stop

No you stop 

             We don have to tell ya tha theyre envious you remember so well 

Not so well requires effort been doin it a lot of years

                                                       It aint easy 

Anthey understand tha 

                           You peeve them 

I donave wha they cant 

                          All they have to do is put in the work

You embarrassem

Aint on me

OH but it is

Awright thanks for the master class in whaever this is 

                                                          I don want no snickering  None

Ya don think we deserve a snort

   We 

        Youse were leaning back against the wall hands in your pockets NO  Not nothing  Nothing    Got it

Fuckin taskmaster

   Hush it Heard tha

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