their paths crossed

should have assumed it would happen one day

she was working

she looked beautiful

seemed happy  healthy

they were startled

he was passing through a store

taking one of his notorious shortcuts

they nodded

he kept walking

she caught him outside the rear exitWait.

he turned

Can we walk?

he held out his hand

she took it

they walked for a while without speaking

looking at each other

You still eat figs off the trees

Yes.

Thas wonderful

What happened?

she asked honestly

she had been part of it

                           their separation

it wasnt angry

then it was terribly necessary

health concerns needed devout attention

they still loved each other

                             it seemed at that moment Time had stood still it hadnt

he smiled at her

she smiled at him

there were tears in their eyes

he answered

    Inevitable      Unexpectedly

early AM,  Monday,  30  12. 24

1405,  Monday

inhale  water flows  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-WjUy843lA

    Blessed

                 You run with it

Yahavent said    Yawont say unless I lean on you

                                                                      Wha

You brought it up.

Occur to you I usually bring most things up

                                                  You come along like a beat dog a dog on leash

That’s rude.

    Its honest

Like tha bullshit art your friend tried to pawn off on me

You knew better

Said shit

    I thought it was nice that she wante . .

. . To troll me

Youve been in my house

Seen anything comparable to that drivel

She meant it to be whimsical.

Asshole

           You shoud have corrected herput your foot down   You knew better

It was a Christmas presen . .

. . Thaya put your name onwrapped

                                         You wrapped it      Wrapped it shittily

As the shit it is Im not keepinit

Return it to her She can use it next year as a white elephant gift

                                                                            Besides the point   Blessed

Blessed?

Run with it

What do you mean?

Whadaya mean

Mean?

Blessed

    What’s it mean to me?

Ah  apparently your brain showed

                                           Yes

What do you want me to say?

Whaever ya have to say

    I don’t know.

Gimme something

                       Ive told you

Told me.

FUCK

          Leftie

Oh.

      Yeah.

    Bliss?

Arya askin

Bliss.

 

Go a step furthur

Further?

Like yanking teeth

                       Yah

 

I got nothing.

Flawless

after 3PM,  Saturday,  29  12. 24

2024,  Monday,  30  12. 24

Moody Blues  Procession & The Story In Your Eyes  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6EFytM1sxM

blessed is a poignant word

    he wouldnt use it in a religious context

                                                         thinking about it

he couldnt remember a time he had

Whadaya think about the word blessed

Blessed? You mean religiously?

No

        Think youve ever used it

I’m sure I have . . casually . . . Thanksgiving . . it’s certainly a blessing to have and enjoy family gathered together . Christmas.

                Yeah.

Why?

I um  I  cant think of a time I have I  tread  lightly where connotations might be assumed religious   Like yourself

The reason why I asked you

Can you think of a tim . .

. . I cant

                     Lemme think    I got take a leak

Be back

You can do two things at once?

I can

       Im an extraordinary man  chuckled

walked away from the patio the picnic table they were sitting at over to trimmedback dormant roses at the planked fenceline

             relieving himself he thought

  then

he knew

he returnedhad tears in his eyes

his voice was remarkably stable  committed

                                                     I know

You know?

Blessed

That was quick.

When I put my considerable mind to something invariably something in the neighbourhood shakes out

    Considerable?

Youre listeninconsiderable  yes

Alright.  What?

I was blessed to have leftie in my life

                                           Without me being aware she  she was  consoling  loving    an attentive companion

She was a cat.

She was unlike any cat Ive ever hadever had the joy   to care for

                                                                         Annow tha shes homeher ashes  over this quiet Christmas I realised the perfect place to keep her when I am not holding her

You hol . .

. . Yes I do

               You underestimate how deep a cut her death was

I hold her while I write read  watch a program

    She comforts me  even now

That’s disturbing.

    For someone who doesnt visit his parents gravesnot fifteen minutes away on any array of special days birthdays anniversaries holidays  you might appreciateunderstand your disturbed is very  slight

I am blessed leftie was in my life

after 3PM,  Saturday,  29  12. 24

1525,  Monday,  30  12. 24

Warren Zevon  Knockin' on Heaven's Doors  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euBuVh_BUe4

day late dollar short

his mother said of him

too many to count teachers said of him

                                          he had done something too late without enough effort

missed opportunities because he was late lacked resourcesBULLSHIT

his Maw teachers didnt take kindly to it

he didnt apologise

                    his resources were abundanttoo abundant yes he was late better late than never

because he refused to do something hafass refused to turn in a lesser product for some adulation or better LETTER grade

         cost him one grade every day late

he usually received Cs with the caustic printed note at the end of the paper Had you turned this in on time you have earned an A.FUCK YOU he earned an A according to him and that was all that was important

his mother

             Wait till your father gets home.

as a boy the bareass spankings hurt

                                        but

her threats his punishments fell away by the time he was a high school sophomore  physicallybuilt by the hard labor he did to earn money

                    he wanted something he asked no one  bought it himself

day late dollar short

                      meant yesterday   sixthousandninehunred sixtynines

there was an excellent chance he would have knocked the tar out of eighteenyearstwenty days had he accumulated tabulated into it the four scathing months with Chris

he overlooked her skinny chicken legs for her stunninglyhuge breasts delectable aureoles nipples

not two weeks into their torrid affair he knew he made the right decisionend of the first week her mother returned to Maryland for three weeks leaving Chris alone in their apartmentAMEN

                                                                           and

her thinthighs not hamthighs granted him amazing access to her sweet pussy clit  ass

muffled Tryin to break my nosesuffocate me

                                                  laughinggayly holding his cock like a saddle horn

No baby, aintnever felt a mouthtongueteeth like yourscant  get enough of a good thing yaknow?

never answered

                  was too busy gulpin compoundedbreaths to avert unconsciousness while she lappedsuckeddevoured his cock

    Shoudakept tally

1700,  Sunday,  29  12. 24

1314,  Monday,  30  12. 24

sometimes he had a hard time getting off certain subject matters

                                                                     949 this morning

bent at the waistmade a deft snatch

                                       pickedup a beer bottle cap that had fallen from a bookshelf when two cats bangedup against it during a kerfuffle between them  brother sister spat

got siblings

understand that

the cap Coors Banquet from a commemorative 1936 Stubby bottle

inside the cap a message is inscribed

                                         LUCK IS HARD WORK RESIDUE

he has a second at his desk

                               WHAT YOU’RE MADE OF MATTERS

obviously they spoke to him

 

 

certain subject matters

A deft snatch

                he commented after picking it up

bypassing his usual manner thumb index finger opting instead for index middle finger

setting the cap back on the bookcase  he chuckled

                                                         his comment reminded him of Chris

a certain old girlfriend Miami teenager whose chicken legs he overlooked because mama had awesome mammarieshow she didnt topple was beyond him

                                     You know physics

No.

Excellent

Why?

Because baby youre defying it

                                 Comere he said as he scooped one out from her scoopedneck looseknit tshirt

    double entendre

Monday,  30  12. 24

1143,  Monday

Neil Young  Cinnamon Girl  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck_MfAdmTeg