steel wire egg slicer

                      freaked

october out of her mind 

                        shed hopped up onto the counter beside the kitchen sink times before when it was there but for some reason  likely he hadnt washed it yet after use  she glanced at it roseup on all fourswhirled her fanny and tail out of harms way

                lips pulled back  but no hissnear hiss  but no

then

      in the unique hip to crown quivershivering backanforth hed seen only felines do shheee tenuuousssly extended her left paw forward  aann CLOUTed the slicerbacked offnearly off the counter

then

        her tension eclipsed  it went out of her body

she leapt down

she killed it

it didnt pursue her

Hey october

               Can I wash this now tha youve dispatched it

she paid him no heed hustled out of the kitchen

in her defense not that she needed it was utterly capable he had scars to attest she was feral a kitten starved when his girlfriend brought her to him and asked if hed keep her

he had a cat indie  he was seven two of his house buddies died recently  figured he might like the company

not at first

             within a few weeks they were cool

he should have clarified keep her

his girlfriend was finding a place

she found it

has it still

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he couldnt believe it

    he posted sixthousandsixhunredfiftyeight times before he labeled  lobotomy

he knew he described it in other pieces

                                           was flummoxed that he hadnt

I mean  Comon

pithed

scrambled brains (with eggs)

severed

cranium crumble

bashed skull

                not once before

“a medical awl held up against the flesh of an eyelid held firm to the thin bone beneath  occipital orbit  where a physician will aggressively rap it with a surgical mallet an perform lobotomies”

                                                                                    his

Really

Flummoxed

Dumbfounded

Stupefied

Astonished

Astounded

Staggered

Confounded

Nonplused

               no pussy  sex seems always to creep in

Buffaloed

           he got the point

Do you believe it now

Who asked you

Youre amazed

                 Fireworks an rockets went off in here forced us to take cover

Blew my mind

We saw

         We survived  Howbout a little warning next time

If possible

If possible Yah

Thank you Wed appreciate the headsup to keep our headsdown

Youre welcome

                 My apologies

Apologies accepted

he heard the shehes heshes sigh collectively

                                              could feel it come out his nose

he hadnt exhaled

Blew his mindPROOF

                         he hadnt been lobotomised

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they yammered back and forth

friend falling over himself to be liked by everyone despite only they were there kept making excuses

pissing him off

                Awright  Then you tell me because I think we agree on the premise

Tell me when the decline of the American mind began

Decline . . .

So we don agree

Things rise and fall, there’s fluidity, things are in flux.

                                                           he was unconvincing

Decline of the American mind  I can say

                                              I can even say I recognised it early on

When?

Advent of reality TV

                     Thas when the toilet handle was pulled  Weve been spiraling down since yet to hit bottomflushed

I liked watching it, I watched it with my family.

My family watched it I sat in the room with them an read

You could read while the television was on you werent distracted?

There was nothing to distract me

                                   Youll remember Im from a huge family a survival skill ability to turn off sound

I liked them, I still occasionally watch ‘em. They’re mindless entertainment.

They are

          I don have a TV

Wha youre watching is our deterioration  Lay on top of it smartphones social media AI brick an mortar outlets goin byebye education online social interaction online interfacing online immediacy impatience

                                                                                               he stopped

Go ahead.

I think not

             I feel pessimism coming on

You havent said your piece

I think everything you mentioned is a sign of the times the way things are going. You got to go along to get along.

An you an your everyones are welcome to it

                                                Ill hold down the fort

he saw the expression in his face

                                      No sweat  Its what introverts do

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Whoawhoa  whoa  Just a minute please

she smiled demurely

                       was sure she wasnt taught thatmade her  even more attractive

she was a looker                                                                  

Again

A true Biblical stor . .

. . There Excuseme   I apologise for interrupting

                                                     True

she noddedcontinued smiling

                                   glowed

A true Biblical story

                      Ill grant you theyre stories But not true

Of course they are.

this was their first date

a mutual friend fixed them up

hed have to have their friends head checked

                                                Ya kiddinme

another friend said religion shouldnt be dealbreaker

Dealkiller he replied

You ought to go out on a second date.

A second date 

A second chance.

Theyre not equal

                   True aint changin

But you could be empathetic.   I know you got it in you.

Think not

          Youve only seen her I know you youre taking into account her physical assets

Beautys only skin deep

Yahno

        True Biblical stories is a dealkiller

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