he sighedsaid Canada geese    then laughed hardvery hard

she listened to him  smiled gently

                                    he hadnt laughed like that in a long timeused to laugh like that all the time

   Something funny, huh?

Ohmy yes  Yes  Very funny

                              Veryvery funny  he wiped tears from his eyes

It’s good to hear you laugh like that.

Good good to laugh like that

Are you going to share?

he laughed again  bemused    not as he had laughed

                                                           You up for slapstick not your usual fare

I’d like to share it with you, if you’d let me.

I want to share everything with you

My Dad

He was a card. 

Youll never know

                   Im sorry there were impediments his mother he wouldnt say  she wouldnt

Yes.

     No.  I’ll never know. But I heard him laugh you sound like him.

You think

Yes.  Sound like him . . look like him.

Really You think

I do, yes.

Weel Ill take tha as a compliment

                                      I thought so too for a long time Particularly as Ive grown older For a long time I didnt look much like either my Mom or Dad Funny how sometimes you look at them an wonder Wonder   You look very much like your Dad

she laughed

              We look like our Dads.

he snickered Youre Dad was beautiful

she laughed  gently punched him in the arm  First People are beautiful

Yes  you  are

                Captivatingly beautiful

What was the jokemade you laugh?

                                         Canada geese.

Yes

When my Dad got older we dined out Id make it a point to go to the bathroom with him Hed step up to the urinal unzipping himself hed spit  Clearing the pipes hed say Then relieving himself inevitably he farted An as he did he say excuse me excuse me The farts intermittently woud continue Excuse me excuse me  He wasnt embarrassed He referred to it as a natural process

                                      I didnt   Though usually Id spit hawk a loogie  spit

I didn’t need to know that.

he winked  I want you to know everything

You shit.

No I was preparing to urinate

                                Although you set the table nicely

So this one time my parents visitedlived in Minnesota then He and I entered the restroom  I needed to use the toilet Unusual  I excused myself  You take care of business he told me

I went into the stall I heard him spit heard him unzip his pants

Someone came in

My Dad cut loose with this long sustained gassy fart

Then it was silent

He didnt excuse himself

Then he says

               You hear them Canada geese? Like they was in the room with us.

I laughed from the toiletsounded awfully loud  Acoustics

Guy left without washing his hands

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bros goin deep

                   Come here, you got to look at this.

I gotta . .

. . Youll love it . .

. . High opinion of yourself

   How do you mean?

Ill love it

I love it, I think you’d have to be dead not to, it’s got great looking women in it, fit, dancing, moving.  Takes my breath away.

Your breath is easily taken

Hell of a thing to say.

Not really

            Yamight concedeconcur  although youd be contrary

You’re contrary.

Not as much as I just disagree

                                  So whadaya got thas smitten you

I’m not.

The gentleman doth protest too much methinks  Shakespeare    Hamlet

And why you know tha . .

. . Because I enjoy Shakespeare

                                   Perhaps as much as thatha you want me to see

Maybe.  You’ll take a look?

Wha am I lookin at

I’ve told you.

No  Whas it aired on

I don’t know.

he tilted his head dog to a dogs whistle

                                           Yare not being honest   Wha

Lemme look. his enthusiasm was evaporating he huffed puffed  eyerolled   finally looked up at him

I know it’s going to put you off.

Whadayasay Lets not put me off

Man. You’re so quick to discer . .

. . Me

       You said itd put me off

Because you’re so fuckin critical regarding social media.

For good reasons Yes I am

                             Seems people can make better use of their time Futures movin around behind us before we realise we had ithave passed through it time will never be enough

See. That’s the shit I’m talking about. You’re so condescending.

Im not people are welcome to thatha they will As am I  I have things I want to accomplish  I am not open to suggestion while youon the other hand youd be a marvelous participant in a hypnotists show

                                                                                        Know thyself  I coud go as far to say tha Ill not be corrupted though admittedly thad be harsh

Man, you’re so full of it this is fun stuff.

So wheres it shown

   It’s . ah . . . TikTok . TikTok.

When did you start TikTok

Come on, everybody’s on it.

Ill not state the glaring error of your remark

                                                 Everybodys on Instagram    You too

I am I am.

           There’s a lot of fun things to look at.

Dancing girls

Lotsa stuff.

Wha arya wantin to share with me   Now

Dances. Swagg Bouncee, Cosby Walk, Woah, the Bust Down.

      Yah

            Those sound right up my alley

Take a look. I think I can change your opinion.

Lets see

Great. he played with his phone  This is one of my favorites the women are amazing.

he was pretty sure he knew what he was getting himself into

bro handed him his smartphonegrinning his ass off  I turned up the volume so you can hear the music too, you ready?

Hit the play button.

he began the video

                    four young goodlookin women tight clothing moving jumping shakingshimmying  choreographed  then they repeated the moves although having turned sideways to the camerathen repeated the steps shot from behind

he disconnected

handed the phone back

                           Okay I looked

I looked. Really.

                   I thought . .

. . Expected

Yes. I expected you’d be more enthused once you saw the girls.

Like watchin cheerleaders man

No, cheerleaders don’t move like that.

They coud

           Though by your defensean it is so don deny it you go down the rabbithole watching these one after the other donya   Addicting

   Weel.  There’s different girls different dances different music, a lot to choose from.

A veritable candystore

You could say that.

I did

       So in this vein whaelse do I not partake 

   Candy.

October, 2023

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