she was chewing on somethingsomething in her mouth as she left a message on the machine she bought him recorded for him We’re unavailable right now. Please leave the time, day, date you called and we will get back to you when we can. and installed it as she passed through on her way home while he was at work

odds on  hed bet blueberries

Hey! It’s your knocked-up daughter.

yah

      thatd be his grrl  gleefully espousing his vernacular

rolled out I dig it! Groovy.

                                 Knocked-up.

a message he saved

2009

he doesnt listen to it often

he listens to hear her voice

                            remember her voice when he struggles to hear it

shes dead

afterwards he took a lukewarm bath

day was hotnearly a hunred

wanted to bathewash away the dried sweat before bed

dripped lavender into the running water

laid back

            the message played in his head

memorised

clearing his throat he spoke

                                Yes Yes   Yes

I know what I need

I need to be like others

Amnesiacs

Orso they seem

Yes

Amnesiac

he wept

if wishes were horses beggars would ride his memory obscene

trying to forget only etched them deeper

cut in stone

his parents would ask incredulously  How is it you remember that? You weren’t two.

No fucking idea  None

2354,  Thursday,  25  7. 24

1254,  Saturday,  27  7. 24