laying out around the pool
sipping something tall and cool subtlehint of liquor he didnt
ask what it was was satisfied fingering
the sweaty hurricane glass
looked like there was a cherry in it
Is that a cherry
A Luxardo. she said looking over her sunglasses
I don know whatha is
Are you a cretin? still looking over her glasses
Possibly not usually keen on
foofoo drinks An this is
Luxardo
An
expensivevery expensive maraschino cherry.
he looked hard into her eyes over
the top of her bronzelensed glasses
This is the first cherry Ive ever had
In a drink
she pushed her glasses up on her
face
What
are you two talking about? her boy friend asked
Cherries
The Luxar . .
.
. No Cherries
he tipped his head like a
cockerspaniel hafexpected him to scratch his ear with his foot too
What cherries?
Have
you had a cherry before
he looked at Bets What’s he talking about?
What he said. she said
Joe. What are you talking about?
As I said he
exclaimed he was an idea guyplanted seeds they could grow into whatever they wanted
That’s loaded.
It is
Bets Ya checkinout
I’m not interested in the
conversation.
both Bets and Donnie had streaks
of prude in themsometimes more than
others but always
First dates thought hed keep it in
fruit
Count
as foreplay Anasone who says so theres
no confusion where I stand Not suggesting one way or the otherrather just
to say I think its foreplaybasic foreplay
It may also go no furthur
Jesu . .
. . Careful Donnie Lets not
offend Bets sensibiliti . .
. .
I’m not offended, I’m not as religious as you think I . .
. . You cite verse Im adverse
When it’s appropriate I don’t
mean to offen . .
.
. You don
You can’t offend Joe.
No Bets Yacant
Ya have to care
to be offended an I don care Youre welcome to all the verses youd like but
knowagree you cite em
I know I do.
So you two lets quit beatinround the bush an stick it
in
First date foreplay
Do you have to say it like that?
Donnie
Really . . do you have to say it
like that?
Ive said it two different ways
an said what I think The world aint
gonna quit turning because of our answers
they lifted their glassessipped
their drinks through straws
he ditched his
they werent saying
unifying
in quietude
Awright
then Another subject
Boob jobs Augmentation Or disarticulation Disarticulation
he wasnt gonna say what he meant
let em chew on it as they were chewing silently on one of several
Luxardos in their drinks
he only had the one
he sucked on
it noisily returned it artfully to his drink savored his cherry
afternoon 2-ish,
Monday, 4 9. 23
1153, Saturday,
21 10. 23
