three times now hes seen her
outside a sandwich shop as he walked through townthree odd timesodd days no rhyme no reason lifted his eyes from the book he was readingBAM definitely a BAM
each time leaning against its brick wall flashed to Harpo Marx A
Night in Casablanca was temptedlaughed
out loud to stop and ask if she was
holding up the building although thatd
be obscure she was too young nevertheless his eyes falling back into the book that didnt
stop him from momentarily appreciating her youth beauty
the couple times he talked about hershared how captivating she wasseeing her in his mind
he called her The Little Number
some gal who overheard himhe stopped for a beer with a friend said Little Number? That’s derogatory. it was
unlikely she had ever been referred to in kind he smiledthought
the gal had gall said I wasnt talkin to you Occur to you you ought to keep your two cents
to yourself You're crude. Anyare rude
before things could escalateshe
was trying to bring her boyfriend into itnot that he seemed interestedhave him
stand up for her honor he thought at
least she had to be good in bed he motioned his buddypicked up
his beer and crossed the bar to stools under a wood ledge that ran across the
front of the businesslooked out through plateglass windows
as his buddy pulledup a stool and sat
beside him Where were we?
Aside from the eviction the big mouth
That was something.
Yah I mentioned The Little Number
Yes. The
little number.
Are you
going to approach her if you see her again?
No Too young
Maybe you have something in common.
his goading was apparent peer pressure among his old high school friends
was a standard
he
declined invites Yah
Were both
alive
Jesus. Beyond that.
No
However if I do I might consider dropping my doppelganger off
with her let him schmooze helluva word ageless
cat
he
took it on the jaweyes rolled momentarily back in his head he noddeddrifted then eyes fixed Doppelganger?
I take advantage of mine You
Isn’t that someone who looks like
youincredibly like you?
Or a fantastic projection
I don’t think so.
Ill suppose you havent tried
he
finished his beer and pushed his pint to him Same please first on me second on you
early AMish, Thursday,
2 2. 23
1007, Monday,
6 2. 23
