they were toasty 

Some nice shit man Thank you

Yeah, really, really, really nice. 

                                     when he got high he became moronicleaned heavily on epizeuxis palilogic repeated himself 

rather  not unlike a badly scratched record

You’re welcome guys, when I came upon it I knew I had to hook youse up, make the ride down.

Yah thanks 

            How long you been in Oakland

Oakland he liked to think of himself as a rolling stone  Lemme think . . . . been . . four four . no . five years.

It’s been that long? That’s long, man, that's a long time.

Yeah.

Happy you knocked the cobwebs out of your ass an came down

the two bayed couple of hound dogs

   Its not really funny

No?  How’s that?

Yeah yeah, how's that?

Yeah hows tha Ill knock you into next week 

                                              If not for me putting the spurs to you yawoudnt have gone up all these years

You wouldn’t have visited?

Man, things, things, I got things to do. 

                                        He’s the social one.

Im not

        I happen to believe wed like to keep a relationship If not me certainly not you clowns 

Not me no.

             You think though, you’re the thinker. 

No no no . .

. . Yah no no Nanette 

                        You guys realise since high school graduation we you two particularly are absorbers.

I know I don’t know what you mean.

Yeah. Absorbers. Absorb.  What are we absorbing?

Like sponges Time 

                     Have you realised how long its been since we graduated high school

I graduated college.

Me too.

I didnt 

       You guys avoided Nam  Im pulling on our common string  High school

Alright. But that doesn’t explain absorbers.

He’s right. 

He interrupted

He’s right, you did interrupt him . .

. . Anya aint doin a shabby job of it either

Oh.

   Now 

          Realising how many years youve been out of school  I sure fuckin hope ya havent taken them for granted  It occurred to me Class of ’23  they might suckup time too Then looking back   Where did it go

Where   

         Tha casually we can say fortyfifty years ago    Ive a lot of people who didnt make fifty 

Jesus man. You’re a bummer.

   Nah Im professing mindfulness

                                       Life can leave you in the dust ifya take Times headfake Watch its bellybutton

 

1230,  2sday,  18  7. 23

1235,  Thursday,  20  7. 23