he had a hard time understanding why people who dated on-line often provided photos of themselves that were out-of-date sometimes tenfifteen years  a man or woman at forty arent the same at fiftyfive 

                                                                                          yet they posted their youngerself 

if hewhich he wouldnt  did date on-line thatd be a dealbreaker  takes only one 

he felt it dishonest 

                     if they could misrepresent themselves did they truly not understand the cat would be out of the bag on the first date what elsewhat other things might they be dishonest about

made no sense to him 

                        desperation  toss whaever bait one has on hand into the water

chum for chumps  Christ

   no matter

 

a friend shared a photograph of a woman he was going to have dinner with on the weekend 

                                                                                                was meeting her in Ventura a two and onehalf hour ride yes  and onehalf hour is pettybut  but the photograph she shared was twentythree years old  she was vivacious well-built  frankly of pin-up quality 

                                                              reminded him of the leggy 40s movie stars posing for bonds for the war effort

when he returned he was pleased  It's like she hadn’t aged at all. 

                                                                       plausible

while not physically dating they spoke once a weektwo weeks on the phone

he said she occasionally referenced somethingmade risque comments

Such as

That Bring Sally Up pushup thing you’re doing.

Im doing 

        Wha am I doing in your conversation  Are you an idiot

I’ve told her we hang out, so she asks about you.

You are an idiot  I shoudnt be in your conversations whasoever 

No matter we hang out. 

                           She's polite.

Pushup thing 

  Yeah. 

         I told her you do it naked.

You are an idiot

She said she thought that would be a great exercise . . for two people to do together.  Huh?

I aye yi yi 

          Anya said

I agreed with her.

   Agreed

Yeah doncha think? Hellyes I agreed.

Ya think she was playin anya didnt follow through

What do you mean follow through?

Are you familiar in gymnasticthe trampoline  First person does a trick an the next repeats the trick an adds on another Then the first does the two an adds a third an on an on  Called Add-on 

no lights went on in the house

Yare not following me 

                       Thaya didnt follow through  Yathought it was risque but didnt up the ante raise the temperature

Well no, I didn’t . I didn't want to say anything untoward.

So you don wanna get into this womans pants ifya have a chance

I didn’t say that.

Ohno  Nothing untoward 

                           Shoud have ran with tha ball I woudve 

Like what?

Implied sixtynine 

                  OHbut  you don like to eat pussy

   If I coud  Next time you talk to her do yourself a favor an imagine shes naked  Undress her an maybe youll be enthused to get a little raunchy 

                                 Christ man  Foreplay

Or donya believe in foreplay either

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1112,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  8  2. 23

Coldplay  Sparks  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aokooixKIo 

You know, they’re witticisms or bandages: Anything can happen and probably will or I found it in the last place I looked.

eyes rolled up in his headmomentarily those were so old thought they died and had been buried yet  out they roll from his mouth as he grins like a clever hyena 

                                            Jesus man woudya quit 

You don’t think those are good?

Maybe the first time I heard them but theyre fodder for you  The witti has gone out leaving ya only cisms schisms  obvious differences in our opinions 

                                    An whadahell  bandages

Yes bandages.

Witticisms or bandages  Thas whaya said

I did.

Ya meant badinages  joking remarks not serious

I think . . I think the word is pronounc . .

. . Careful

Badinages not bandages Remarks not wraps to bind a cleansed or repaired wound

   Maybe.

You ought to just agree with me

Ought or should?

Ought Theres no should to be had here    Ought

Im not a fan.

Yaoughta be

             Aint blowing smoke up your ass ya got your damn cellphone on ya its everpresence when I worked for a cellphone company I told customers I coudnt wait for the time when I coud screw them into their skulls overlapping their ears Go aheadlook it up Spelled B A D I N A G E S 

                                                      In another sense banter Im happy to wait for you to satisfy yourself

You ought to 

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