walking into his condo livingroom bookshelves to the ceiling a ladder to get at the top two

Have you read all these books? she asked

A goodly portion  Mind you Ive collected them all my lif . .

. . An avid reader. You touted that on your resume.

I did

It was . . . . particular.

Thought you were going to say peculiar

I wa . .

. . But then you thought to be kind

                                     Thas nice but unnecessary

Unnecessary?  That’s curious don’t you think?

No

    You neednt worry about hurting my feelings I havent any

she burst out laughingdidnt cover her mouth that appealed to him more than shed know hed compliment her

                                                                                                              gathering her wits  Ohmy, you’re serious.

I am

      Since were fresh you should know you can say anything you like or dislike  Be honest  No need to look over your shoulder

Speak  Freely

smiled sheepishly

                      Fresh.  Refreshing if you really mean it. I’ve negotiated a string of . .

. . Who are not me

                    You have my condolences

    Condolences.

Unfortunately  my experience   the majority is not representative of me

                                                                             They have nothing to offernothing I could want

she tipped her head aside like a little bird very appealing

                                                             Friendship.

I have very few friends anwha friends I have live way across the country

                                                                              Mines an ascetic not religious lifestyle  An ascetic atheist

Stick tha in your pipe Tolkien

Tolkien?

Yes Cellar door

                 Phonaesthetics He declared it the most beautiful word in the English language Im at war with him

He wrote The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Thas the guy

               I liked The Hobbit

And given all these books . . . do you have them?

I do In paperback

                    I prefer hardbound gesturing to the shelves but as you can see I also have a lot of books scifi early  tha arent

Pulp fiction

I see.

I don loan them

You do not?

See a book youd like to read See the table there  Thats the reading table

Like at a library.

No Librarys loan books

You’re funny.

Youve no idea

               Im a scream

    If I may, you said you’ve read many of them, but not all.

Not all

And the ones you haven’t read . . .

 

a question  hed let her ask in her time

The ones you haven’t read.

    Yes

Why do you have them? Keep them?

I buy books to read

                      Books keep me company

1022,  2sday,  27  8. 24

1046,  day-between-2-Ts,  28  8. 24

Ben Harper  Excuse Me Mr.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJjsEyW5l6M