hed heard some bizarre claims to fame over the years 

                                                         How about you? I shared.

I honestly havent a claim

Come on, brushed shoulders with wellknowns, celebrities . .

. . Not much of a claim

Certainly is . .

. . If someones impressedperhaps infatuated by stars celebrities I think theyre no different than anyone else just another someone A postman server librarian  Nothing more

You have to be kidding. 

                         the solemnity in their face 

it took everything he had not to crack a smilegouts of laughter would follow he managed sober 

                                                                                                    Im not kidding Im not impressed Wanna impress me Put your pants on differently than I do   Levitate Now you have my attention

Which still woudnt fashion mecolour me fan

I don’t believe you.

I don care 

best two bizarre claims said to his face

one in Minnesota

one California

they stumbled over themselves to get it out 

                                               an as they did swelled like hot air balloons

My girlfriend she slept with Bob Dylan.

Yah

Yes. Pretty cool huh?

Been where Bobbys was

                           in his head flashed Kilroy peeking over a wallscrawled on it  KILROY WAS HERE  he was sure to keep his distance  guy was more than a little annoyedupset he wasnt impressed

Cali

same deal

met a guy at a beach party 

blew a joint

he leaned back on his blankethad rolledup his towel to be able to continue to watch the waveshad a boogieboard and the healthy girls frolicking in the shallows

                                            Thank you Thawas tasty   A very pleasant high 

You bet.

           Understand you’ve only been out here a few months.

Yah

Been south? LA? Hollywood?

No 

    No interest

No interest?

Have an aversion to big cities Spent far too long in Chicago Aside from museums art ya coudnt make me make a trip

I like LA. I met my girlfriend at a club there.  You’ll never guess.

I wont

No man, you’d never guess.

I woudnt

Guess.

Yasaid I woudnt

I’ll tellya.

Youd have to

My girlfriend had sex with Steve Miller, man, Steve Miller Band. Cool huh?

he didnt care for his music though he didnt say

Kinda makes me . . famous.

How so.

We had sex with the same girl our tastes are similar.

he didnt want to meet his girlfriend the waves pickedup Hey man excuse me Im boogieing Talk to you in a bit sprinting down to the waterslipped between the women playing in the water

they could have his cooler blanket towel flips 

                                                he had his keys

 

Twists  hed yet to meet a freak chick who confided in him

                                                               Thankgawd

1150,  Thursday,  13  7. 23

1446, SUNday,  16  7. 23

Ya know whas fun

Tell me, you’ve already asked.

Its fun

         Im thrilled every time

What's fun?

Wakingup in a full bathtub

What?  You . . fell asleep taking a bath . .

. . Was soaking

That sounds dangerous, and stupid.

Nah 

      I do it pretty frequently

   Aren’t you afraid of drowning.

No

At my place there'd be good chance you’d drown.

Your bathtubs tha big

It is, easily fit two.

Somehow invited to bathe with you I coudnt imagine falling asleep  really reallyhard  to imagine

her face twisted humourouslyhe laughed

                                            Not to bathe with me . .

. . Happy to scrub your backwhaever You can scrub mine 

                                                                Sounds deelightful

she snickered 

               Well friend, Im not putting it past you that you brought up falling asleep in the tub to get here, precisely.

I didnt know the size of your tub

You’ve been over, parties.

I have 

         Thought I was pretty opaque

YOU.

      There’s nothing opaque subtle about you.

   Nuts

            Know me too well

We’re friends.

Gotta be friends first

                       We in tha deep  arent we

That deep?

             I think we are.

How the hell did tha happen Thawasnt my intent

You had intentions?

Aw yah

          You circumvented them by being absolutely more engaging thoughtful humourous intelligent than I gave you credit I quickly treasured your friendship an didnt want to risk tha 

                                                                       Not for all the tea in China poppies in Afghanistan blooddiamonds in Africa sex workers in Thailand the Orient  fish in the seas

 

   It’s not called the Orient they’re not Orientals.

If Im Occidental theyre Oriental

You identify as Occidental do you?

I do 

     An also Accidental Discovered when I put the screws to my parents

You put the screws to your parents?

I put em to anybody Familys not verboten despite wha they think   Not in my book

Me?

   You  Honestly

You’re always honest with me, fiercely so.

Yes 

     Yes Id screw you

0204,  Saturday,  15  7. 23

1303,  Sunday,  16  7. 23

sometimes Shakespeare mired him 

                                        King John

Grief fills the room up of my absent child, 

Lies in (her) bed, walks up and down with me,

Puts on (her) pretty looks, repeats (her) words,

Remembers me of all (her) gracious parts

Stuffs out (her) vacant garments with (her) form. 

                                                    (3.4.93 – 97)

he remembers dailywakes daily to her 

                                          not being Here

he didnt think absence could weigh as heavy

hed suffered many

none

he wasnt going to shrug her off

hadnt ever

            once after hupping their daughter up on his shoulders he remembered his wife ask When are you going to put her down, let her walk?

he answered askew as a matter of fact didnt turn to face her answered the blue ether or anyone who overheard When I can no longer pick her up 

                             on occasion as a fullgrown woman when the mood struck them for the simple fuck of it 

theyd revisit her youth hed squat shed get on his shoulders hed stand an walkround they were humoured by looks and the looks-not-wanting-to-be-seen-looking

screwballs

            like father like daughter 

   so serious Shakespeare

                              Serious serious serious 

he plucked from the spiderweb wonderful happy moments to help offset his weighted sorrow    

1229,  Reggaefriday,  14  7. 23

1111, Sunday, 16  7. 23

Tony Allen  Kindness  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmoiqE1UT4M

   his Makers

               his Adam an Eve were goneUp an left him

Adam longago 

                an aged artist who lived with his wife in the neighbourhood  he cut his lawn raked his leaves shoveled his snow learned about art learned he wasnt a painter 

Eve

     freshman year high school English teacher

clipped obit arrived in the mail

                                no return address postmark obscuredsmeared didnt recognise the handwriting  didnt recognise her  the picture 

he wished newspapers would quit including the deceaseds face  like cheap advertisements accompanying poorlywritten parcels poor biographies 

                               he was going to write his own  

she was twentytwo when they last saw other 

                                               he heading into summer vacation  she was leaving forced to vacate her job  it was her first year teaching 

                                     because of him

he insistedpushed  she obliged went endround CURriculum didnt abide it 

                                                                               enraged  thats how he wrote it on her classroom chalkboard

she took the chalk from his trembling hand  sympathetically tilted her head 

                                                                                Not clever, Joe. 

angrily Come off it  coud have written cleared his tight throat CUR-lick-colon  realised tha in all my other classes this year he choked back tears I don want to be taught by dogs 

he was heartbroken 

the school board sent her packing 

                                   he couldnt believe squeezing her for more information wanting more knowledge would cost her her job

I understood the risk. 

she was an excellent teacher  surpassed his junior high English teacher  Mr. Carter to you, laddie.  a doughty acerbic Englishman who he cherished

three consecutive wonderful years of English on top of four years prior quiet instruction how to selfishly be himself 

   as selfish as the eldest of six kids could be

       

3PMish,  Saturday, 15  7. 23

0919,  Sunday,  16  7. 23

Bad Angels  Black Background V  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf9nK9o9ItY 

Free  Heartbreaker  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfNxuSjfPbw