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Fri    8  12. 23

   that was printed in red ink on a diagonal tilting up left to right on the top left corner of the page typewriter paper  the reminder of its face was covered in scribble that hed bet only he could read -- because he wrote it -- an aint a soul who madscribbles like him  sometimes he was unable to read what he wrote hed hold a magnifying glass over it and taking hints from legible script and context  trynsee what he meant

sometimes he ditched short passages

he anguished

              he knew he was tossing away a legit seed that something spectacular or spectacularly offensive would have grown from it

beneath the time day and date he printed on the same angle  ADULT

        

                                                                COLOURING BOOK

they were on the phone

Ohyah I would have forgotten our conversation about that

Stop. You? Your mind's like a steel trap.

Sometimes I need a kick in the head to remind me

That’s understandable, understandable. I don’t think I’d want access to what goes on in your head when you suggested I draw an adult coloring book, because, as you say, I’m the ideer guy . .

. . I am . .

. . You are, you are, and I thought you were full of shit. Then I Googled it and discovered someone beat you to the punch.

They had Yes  Thanks for reminding me

                                             Although   just now had another ideer

Ohbrother.

Hear me out

I’m listening.

Can you trulyI mean truly colour  in an adult colouring book if youre not colouring with circumcised   awwwha the hell for tha matter  uncircumcised crayons   Theyll have to be arched like a cock  

A box of cocks

Jesus.

         I should have seen that coming.

Would make for a nifty Christmas gift

                                         Yashoud have

a quarter way down the page circled  he printed Kayla

                                                            an arrow descended off the circle towards the edge then swept back into the page pointing to

                                Sure as shit I’d

                                forget it again

Kayla

coworker from a liquor store

younger than he

evening lead

              the one on duty standing in the stepup cubicle work surface at her belly able to oversee the bank of four cash registers oversee two aisles all the way to the back of the store the night a gal entered with girlfriends and soon after approached him at Register Four nearest the automatic sliding glass doors 

                                                                                     HI.  It’s my birthday today.

Hello Happy birthday

I’m twentyone. she boasted

Ill have to see I D

shaking her beautiful curly red hair it took on a life of its own But I am twentyone.

Yes But Ill still have to see an I D

her face puzzledwas really thinking about it

                                                     I’m not driving tonight.

Good call she was inebriatedyet slipped her friends

You have to see my I D.

If you buy something Yes baby your I D

   Ah.

           I can show you my titsya wanna to see my tits.

he puts his hands up like it was a holdup

she yankedup her sweaterbounced emswayed em several times before yanking her sweater back down

girl had sensational orbs fantastic aureoles perky nipples was a bit brisk in the airconditioning no sooner had she yanked her sweater down a girlfriend came chargingup the aisle behind her Were you showing him your tit? Were you? Were you? Did she show you her tits, did she? She showed you her tits.

No shame

Tits laughed gayly

                    Oh she’s mad mad because she’s got little titscomere show him your tits.

Dammit.

          she hustled Tits off

Kayla flew out of the cubicle walked angrily up to him

                                                          We just had sexual harassment training . .

. . An I didnt harass herhands were up She didnt harass me

                                                                 Chalk it up to consenting adults An I also saw as she went to lift her sweater you looked away

No harm no foul

                    Kayla

Goddammit

he hadnt seen her in years

turns out she was hired as brewmaster for a local brewery that he passed by on the regular he didnt want to misplace her name among all the other names he knew was like playing Jenga

her last evening at the liquor store

locking the sliding doors

they hugged real hardhed miss her

he walked her up to her truck said goodbye hugged her once again turningwalking away 

                                                                                                  Joe.

he turned around 

Wannasee my tits? yanked her sweater up

                                               Kayla a redhead too

nice tits  tough to compare with birthday girls

                                                 she yelled  CONSENTING ADULTS.

Yah Consenting   Knucklehead

                                     one would think he couldnt forget her name                

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