he liked the bridge

its ironworks its hunredyear old concretehunredelevenyears old to be precise   concrete  

                                                                                              lotsa history

It likes me

   The bridge likes you?

Yes Yaneed to quit gettin hungup on objects tha inanimate they havent animating purposes thathey intuit they share are willing share their perceptions if one has the senses ears eyes awareness to receive their Ill say it   Wisdom

You’re full of shit.

Remember the beers we shared last summerI said I received windfall    I said windfall

I remember.

Thas encouraging Usually ya struggle to remem . .

. . Careful.

Please Stop 

             Oftimes Im convinced you coudnt fight your way out of a paper bag  Thaya rememberremember me tellin you about the hunred dollar bill I found

I was given

I do not.

I found it on the bridge The bridge gifted me 

                                               I know tha because three peopleso odd there were pedestrians tha day two walkin dogs  they crossed it ahead of me they didnt see  It was mine as the bridge wanted 

Are you listening to yourself?

You had two beers courtesy of it

Yeah I remember windfall, not the bridge part. 

                                                 You’ll let me know the next time it shakes someone else down.

I don think so

I think Ill keep it to myself Obviously you werent impressedhadnt the appreciation I thought yamight  thaya woud 

   Do you know how ridiculous you sound?

I understand how ridiculous you are

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1824,  Saturday,  1  7. 23

theyre back

   Youse back he said aloud in the kitchen  I think youre back

one ifnot all threethey were chummy he believed they were family 

                                                                      for him thadbe Purgatoryone of the Circles of Hell 

How do I love thee  let me count the ways 

NINE 

      Dante was all over it

First circle  Limbo Second Lust Third Gluttony Fourth Greed Fifth Anger THERELL BE A TEST AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CIRCLESPAY ATTENTION Put your cribsheets together  next  Six Heresey Seventh Violence Eighth Fraud Ninth Treachery  knockknockknock at Hells Gate 

                                               to surf the abundant seam between alive an somethingelse with family  whell  hed opt for immortality or at least until all others left ahead of him so he could recline and feed whamaybe

Youse back was provoked by the kitchensponge he set on the porcelaindivide between the two sinks 

                                                                                                          it woud leap into one sink or the other no matter how deliberately he set it down

the he-ghost was notorious for making noises in the middle of the night that woke them notorious for opening all the kitchen cabinet doors Find wha yawere looking for

                                                       the girls were demure  an elderlymotherly an one younger whod float over him whispering his name while he laid in bed  which would provoke he whod come noisily down the hall darken the bedroom threshold but didnt enter  then retreated 

                                                                      perhaps jealously 

the girls were sly mischievous 

                                theyd move things around to suit their taste or hide deodorants perfumes bath oils matchbooks to light candles toothbrushes hairbrushes combs condoms turn-on vibrators Whas tha noise? eyes rolled  if they were out sapped batteries

   finished washing the dishes pot and pans 

he placed the sponge in its gridded holder 

                                            a place for everything an everything in its place girls would move his keys

returning to the kitchen 

the sponge in one or the other sink four out of ten trips back 

                                                                 this now going on a month

Hello  Welcome back home

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https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/a-visitors-guide-to-dantes-nine-circles-of-hell/