Whens the baby due

                       he curbed his tonguedidnt actually cry across the grassy mediumstrip

not to say he wasnt tempted

she wasnt doing herself any favours

                                      had to be aware

her entire body would not fit insidereflect in a tall hallway dressing mirror unless she took several steps back an better look where shes going if she tripped an went down in a heap All the Kings horses an all the Kings men wouldnt be able to right her again

she was rotund

                 rolledaton

dressed in black stretch pants and an enormous stretched at-the-seams black tshirt

black did her no favours

                          if she were the DOT at the bottom of an exclamation pointexclamation mark the vertical line above her would tower two storeys at minimum

                                                   she was that large

not the largest hed seen in his life

Bobby was bigger

                   a friend

had to lean sideways in a movie theatre seat  they only went to a couple of films

if they dined theyd take a booth Bobby needed a side to himself

when they left work a movie a dinner hed walk with him to where he parked  usually two blocks off or within

Bobbyd insist he didnt have to

No I don

          several times before arriving at his car hed either seat himself on a bench Bobby was strategic where he parked or hed stop and lean against a traffic sign parking sign telephoneelectric pole

You can go, Joe.

When we get to your car I will

Thank you.

Thank you Bobby

                   anevery time it wasnt until Bobby drove away that he kicked himself real hard in the ass  he was part of Bobbys labour engaged him in conversation man didnt have the wind to walk and talk despite entertainingparticipating in their conversation

Bobby died

his wish was to be cremated his ashes scattered into the Pacific from a small aircraft

                                                                                          for his girth he couldnt fly

though he desperately wished he could  see the world under him asifhe were a bird

at one point during his hospitalisation it was thought he might be medevaced by helicopter to Stanford

he went to see him the night it was determined triage No he wasnt flying

Bobby didnt want to talk to him

through the ICU glass Bobby signaled him  thumbs  down

that was the last he saw him alive

he was among scores of people who stood on a cliff overlooking the Pacific as the Cessna approachedoverflew them reversed to the sea banked left sharply circled low and committedscattered his ashes to the sea

people murmuredbegan to walk off

                                    DONT GO ANYWHERE he hollered  COMON  THAT WASNT ALL OF BOBBY

the plane circled back

completed scattering Bobby

lady in black was near Bobbys size

 

1500ish,  Reggaefriday,  14  6. 24

1022,  Satyrday,  15  6. 24

Beatles  Baby’s in Black  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJFpUb7JGYo