Youre really really  You really just said Im rubber youre glue

                                                                     Man  How old are you

Stop it, I’m joshing ya. Come on, you remem . .

. . Hearing it Ive heard it  Never uttered it

Never.  You who tries hard not to use never.

   Never

What kind of kid were you?

Id have to say not stupid

                              Were you one of those kids

Those kids?how do you mean?  It was meant to be funny.

Lemme guess

                Were you also one of those kids who madeup nicknames for other kids  

he smiled brightlysmiled like he was confirmed

                                                   I’ve named more than a few.

Lemme guess

                Served you well when you went to college

Served me well. he puzzled

                              College?  How do you mean served me well in college?

You were in a frat too

You know I was, joined freshman year.

Yes  Yes you did   Ran with your childhood playground mentality an prospered

Nothing wrong with that. It was great fun I had great fun.

Fun

     Ill guess it didnt get turned on you you werent kidded by other guys who also had nicknames because   Well    Because there was always a bunch of you a little gang  hungout  played together

Yeah.  What of it?

Nothing of it I was making an assumption  Deducing

                                                         Adjectives adverbs on schoolgrounds didnt do much for me They didnt say anything about a person they were directed at  The names meant to humiliate  They werent he laughed sardonically  much evidence

he cocked his head to a side like a dog thinking maybe it heard a dog whistle

                                                                                    Adjectives and adverbs.

What kind of kid were you?

The kind who only responded to my name Some forshitmoniker didnt garner my attention

                                                                                                But that said I didnt hangout with a lot of guys onetwo buddies  There were other things I had to do

Other things. Such as?

Such as  Im going to deduce you also didnt have to do

he held his handsup chesthigh palms inwards waggled his fingers towards him  beckoning

                                                                                                 What?  What do you got?

I had jobs hustled landscaping delivered two paper routes since I was nine  Babysat in the evening even on school nights

         Tell me about your jobs growing up

Because man  You didnt have to

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