at 3:53PM
a Twosday
18April
18 Avril French Abril Spanish in German April is April fooled himhe thought something harsh guttural
he scribbled on a piece of paper
three clues
nurse or
purse sexist
those were the
crumbs he left himself
when he wrote them he was sure as
shit his brain would immediately populate what he meant
whenever he turned to the slip of
paper he saw the crumbs dry shrink grow more stale a now or never moment was approaching
which meant his
brain was looking for where it last placed its eraser
he put it through its
paces because the last time it used the eraser HE didntcouldnt possibly wouldnt although that would meanrequire the admission his
deep memory well might not be as deep as he believed he didnt couldnt remember either
left himself a gauntlet
was he worthy
he
thought so
Then ante up
Oh go away a
mariachi
shehe heshe pushedup the brim of
their sombrero stared eyes black
Ante up Put up or shut up your whining mewling is
unbecoming attracting unwanted attention Though not unwarranted Theyre
wondering why ya don check out Check
out You followknow check out Yado You
have no idea or can imagine the snickering eyerolls were contending with
heshe shehe were serious
almost made him feel bad
but he knew his mariachi also
loved to gloat when he came through
all he wanted on occasion they suffer a little humility civility
not glee untrammeled reckless hubris
he looked at the page for the
umpteenth time
nurse purse sexist
he knew he could crack it
knew
hed remember
WABAM shard of memory blinded him momentarily
descriptive of an attractive fit older
man pursuing a younger woman say 20 years perceiving her as either a nurse or a
purse M N O P Q but a letter apart
sexist DUH
thawas the neat little bow to bind the two
golddigger flipped
Yeahbaby
Hushit
A little modesty a little humility
please
But you did it
I did Yes
You don think yare irritating
someone tha you remembered we guarantee it Yare gonna get tha haughty questioner Ya ever remember whatha nurse pursue
sexiststhing was Sure ya hadnt anya say Yah an explain it You cantdon hear wha
we hear Theyd spit in your beer ifya
ever set it downwalked away from it
Stop
No you stop
We don have to tell ya
tha theyre envious you remember so well
Not so well requires effort been
doin it a lot of years
It aint easy
Anthey understand tha
You
peeve them
I donave wha they cant
All they
have to do is put in the work
You embarrassem
Aint on me
OH
but it is
Awright thanks for the master class in whaever this is
I don want no snickering
None
Ya don think we deserve a
snort
We
Youse were leaning back against the
wall hands in your pockets NO Not nothing
Nothing Got it
Fuckin taskmaster
Hush it Heard tha
1616, Reggaefriday,
28 4. 23
