closing her eyes again  she stared into the darkness that undulated stirred  simmered to boiling

                                                                                                       there was something there  beyond that film

                           daresay  a room   vault

suspended in her eyes

as if underwater

                   gazing up into the bluepurpling depth of the sea

a chamber

              trove

that collapses in on its origami-self

                                         dreams

did they seep from there  were the sharp architectures that could put her eyes out  forged there  were strangers she saw or conversed with

                          assembled there

rare times she knew someone

                                 were they kept there to play hideanseek

there  was   something

                           Present    Presence

which deepened

                   fell up

away

       then

disintegrated

dissolved

                softlysilvered

became?

            the siftingquivering veil

she cast her dreams on

0410,  Saturday,  19  8. 23

1251,  Monday,  4  11. 24

Youre the perfect lass to ask

Lass?

If you were younger Id say lassie

                                    Youre of Irish descent

Mmmk. 

         My red hair freckles give me away?

O’Toole  Kind of a dead ringer

she laughed deeply didnt cover her mouth   both attracted him

                                                                       Kind of.

Yah

       So you know wha circumcision is

Where’s this going?

                       Not the nurse?

The nurse

Yes.

Nah  Wha nurse

    She says, she works in a circumcision ward, pays not good but the tips are great.  Wah wah wahhh.

he laughed  high in his throat

                                  A comedian

Actually my Da. He toltha at the dinner table.

I like your old man

He’d have liked you.

he nodded

               her father contracted Trumpvirus  died                                                              

 

    Yes. breaking the silence  Yes I know circumcision. I know you.

I wasnt goin there

That’s out of character.

Lemme get this out anthen Ill get into character

                                                   If you have time

she rolled her wrist looked at her watch shook her head

                                                            Aww.     But I could make time.

that beautiful musical laughter again

he hadnt intended going there but  aww  wha the hell   he loved the constellations across her chest an breasts  naming them   everywhere

                                

So weve established circumcision

Yes.

Ever hear of hibernicised

    Couldn’t say could you spell it?

Of course  H I B E R N I C I S E D

she repeated the spelling

Correct

she repeated it again

                             No.   Could I guess?

made him smile

I’d guess, since you commenced with circumcision, freezing penis tips?

burst out laughingshe joined in

                                      Howdya get there

Hibernate. Freeze ‘em.

For wha purpose

I don’t know. I guessed.

                           What would you do with frozen penis tips? Or or or . . . hi- . error . cut tips too high?

Jesus

Then answer my question.

Thawem to nosh on later

Really?

Flesh

       Ever eat duck feet chicken feet  Flesh

Jesus.

Duelin Jesuses

Come now I’m on the clock. I wanna get there.  What is hibernicised?

To make Irish in character

I didn’t know that.

I hadnt either

Suppose we’ll not forget.

Nah

    Motel nearby.

Read my mind

1143,  Saturday,  2  11. 24

1034,  Monday,  4  11. 24

You say rumor monger I say rumour mongrel Lets call the whole thing off

facetiously You’re a funny guy. 

he knew the inflection Don mean to be

                                          Butwha youre spewin friend youve earned mongrel

You didn’t see the picture if you did you’d agree with me.

                                                               He shit in his pants.

He didnt

He did it was shot from behind while he was getting out of his golf cart. You could see a huge shit stain, was going down the back of his legs.

    Who took the photograph

I don’t know.

Where did you see it

A site on social media.

Wha site

I don’t know.

Static  not moving

A picture.

    Im callin horseshit callin fake callin photoshop youve seen deepfakes

                                                                               Phony  Rumour

Yeahwell, I believe this is true.

Anthas how rumours start spread are fed  ignorant people want to believe

                                                                                Step right up yes step right up Ladies and Gentlemen you wont believe your eyesHell the huckster hawker peddler monger mongrel  hes even tellinya wont believe your eyes

Pay a dime a quarter they believe their eyes

An the while ya bitch about political rumours against candidates we prefer

friend slowly shook his head the entire time he was speaking

                                                                No. No. No.   I believe the rumor is true.           

motherfucker ninetyninepointnine percent of the time he says I think

1729,  Sunday,  20  10. 24

0920,  Monday,  4  11. 24

Ella Fitzgerald/Louie Armstrong  Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2oEmPP5dTM