he and his ears were at crosspurposes they were at playhaving a ball

                                                                             they

his ears

not them

           they

Woudya comon

    What? acting startled

Im tryin to have a conversation youre misinforming me

Whell . . maybe . you should pay better attention.

Its casual

Then what’s with the bug up your ass?

                                             It’s casual.

Youre makin casual a casualty

    So clever.

Im not being clever

                      Clearly

Fine. Howbout this?  We can be your fallguy, if need be blame it on us.

I will

Awright.  Can we keep playing?

Ok  Knock yourselves out

We’ll be subtle.

Subtle  Ifso thas acceptableI can live with tha

                                                      what he didnt know was that when ears were within say  sixfeet that intimacy they can effectuatecommunicate with the others ears

they can play together

Inebriated?

Wha

Did you ask me if I’d like to be inebriated?

shook his head No realising the fallguys were hard at play No

                                                              Invertebrate marveled Asked if you ever considered being one for example  a jellyfish  a cnidarian coral gorgonians anemones  Something without a spinewhich  on occasion has been evident

he must have still been pondering drunkmissed the insult  although if its true it isnt an insult

                                                                                                    he doth not protest

    Invertebrate  Jellyfish

No.

      I could have sworn you said inebriated.

No

little later . . .

               . . . it’s gneiss or it’s granite.

Thas a huge leap

No.  Not really they’re very similar.

Nice an granite

                   Thas a stretch Im not following

Granite. An absence of bands which is characteristic of gneiss. Also granite’s resistance to weathering, erosion, due to interlocking crystals.

he was flummoxed

                  Whastha have to due with Fuck  not nice  gneiss   G N E I S S

Yes.

Donbe irritated

Why are you spelling?

Because I caught N I C E

No.

Obviously

a little later . . .

                 . . . I don’t think I heard you correctly . . . A chameleon? If I’d like to be a chameleonwe flipping a page backcircling back to your jellyfish invertebrates’ query?

Excuse me a second

Awright guys at an endya had your playtime this is gettin ridiculous

You said we could be subtle.

Is subtle three tricks in not fifteen minutes

Has it only been fifteen?

                          Although . . . we have been subtle.

Yes I know  He hasnt a clue

His ears do.

Whadyamean

They and us, we’re synched.

    You can do tha

If in close proximity, yah.

I didnt know tha

Now you do.

   Awright  Could we call it a trucehave you stop until the next or a later conversation

Do we gotta?

Id appreciate it  Its earlythe party will go late

                                                  Trust me  Ample time

Ample.

I swear

    Awright.

Thank you thank you

You’re welcome.

Im sorry excuse me  Had a  a thing in my ear

Tinnitus?

puzzled him

              he heard tendonitis Excuse me

A ringing in the ears, tinnitus.

Ah

    Perhaps was probably the fallguys humoured buhbye       

I didnt say chameleon

                         I said comedian

1700ish,  Monday – Labour Day,  2  9. 24

1004,  day-between-2-Ts,  4  9. 24