he heard her called Della Rose nicknamed
her Lazarus she was no Tom
a little girl in a buggy
he walked after who had kicked off her shoes onto the sidewalk a fact unknown to her oblivious
cellphonechattering woman propulsion unit
he had no idea their relationship
or cared
though
Babys gonna need new shoes
if
she hasnt any when the ride terminates
Della Rose was a kind of a space oddity
a being pushed forward into
the worlds face eyes not three feet off the ground off the sidewalk looking at wheelwells
spinning tires sidepanels of trucks and cars that passed on the street pushed forward in a spaceship
an astronaut girl riding at the head in a probing nose cone
he took offence
when his girls were her age
they rode on his shoulders he held onto
them by their legsshins and talked with them as he walked theirs eyes were better than seven feet off
the ground lookingout lookingdown on passing people passing vehicles high above
biological and manufactured internal combustion exhaust
hed seen the little girl and
woman as he crossed between traffic the wide streetparking on either side two
lanes in each direction turning lane at the center
turning up it to walkread glancing forward he saw a childs shoepink shoe a little girls lying in the middle
of the sidewalk Elementary,
my dear Watson. which Holmes never did said turninround looking back down the street he wondered
ifwas damn sure it was belonged to the
little girl pushed in the buggy by the short stout woman
he whistledLOUD after them yelled
HEY
LADY
she was on the phone she wouldnt
hear him
quickstepping it
there was a bus stop
just ahead of the two a bus was approaching
he came upon a matching shoe on the sidewalk HE WAS GOING TO LOSE HIS MIND
finally
LADY
she startedacted like he
slapped her on the rumpshe turned
I believe youll need these
Oh, oh my, thank you. Della Rose.
You kicked off your shoes. Why would you do that?
Because you’re ignoring me. which Della Rose didnt say
Yare welcome Figured eventually shed need her shoes
0900, Thursday,
27 7. 23
0912, Reggaefriday,
28 7. 23
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