29.6.23


the tacky old woodslat folding chair at the edge of the streetno sidewalks was empty  itd been eight days 
                                                                                                                where was the old man  somebody not as skinny would collapse it  

he wanted to knock at the house door   

old man let a room from his granddaughterwas determined to pay his way  I’m no freeloader, I’ll be damned if I burden anybody. 
           When I’m a burden Adios mis muy buenas amigas, bueno amigos . . not bad for an old white fart.

No not bad at all

What you reading, professor?

Im not a professor

You keep professing you aint . . that makes you one.

Clever  Though you don strike me clever

I’m not, I’m a trickster, a fox, I’m adaptable. 
                                                 Until I’m not.  Not a soul knows me better than I know me, so a warning, out of the mouth of an old man, when I set my mind to something don’t stand in the way.

I don think well have a problem  I walk by  We yap  Im on my way

they yapped a couplethree times a week throughout the winter into summer

   Fack
           he went up to the door and rapped

an attractive young woman answered it

Excuse me  Arya the lady of the house he felt like a Fuller Brush salesmanJESUS

This is my house, yes. she woudnt know wha Fuller Brush was

Your grandfather sat at the edge of the street he an Id talk briefly when I passed  Is he okay

He’s gone.

his heart sunk in his chest  cleared his throat
                                                Im sorry my condolences 
Ohno  no, he’s moved.

Moved

Yes.

Why  Where

Back east. most everywhere was east of California  My aunt asked him to come live with her.

Was their friction between youexcuse me Im rude  My names Joe I live up the street

I’ve seen you walked past for years, seen you talk with Pappy. I’m Edith.

Hello Edith  Thas an oldfashion name

Isn’t it? My greatgrandmother on my grandfather’s side came west in a wagon. I got two daguerreotypes she posed for in Chicago. She was a finelooking woman, I’m said to take after her, few redheads in our family. I go by my middle name, although my default when meeting people is to my give my christened name.

If I may your middle name

Maneater . .
. . interruptingclearing his throat  I like thareally like tha  Rightup my alley

It’s Sioux, my grandmother’s side of the family.

So your Grandfather went adios as he liked to say

He did. He told me youth was wasted on the young.

He may have said tha to make himself feel better

He called my husband and I . . asexual. 
                                           He said If I had a girl with your looks I’d fuck her black and blue make her beg for me to stop, wouldn’t be able to take it no more.

He is straightforwarddidnt parse his words

No he didn’t.  But to be frank his history backs him up, my grandmother left him because he wouldn’t give her a moment’s peace. 
                     Ol’ horndog. 

I think thas Pappy Horndog  he chuckled  
                                             P H D
1320,  Thursday,  29  6. 23
1911,  Thursday
Robert Palmer  Bad Case of Loving You  (Doctor, Doctor)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq3MJoCUrYg

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