Walk this way.

                 she lead the waystepped off the pavers onto a gravelly path that ran serpentine through a variety of plantbeds at the edge of the slight pool apron

   they teased that the pavers were intellectuals the twoinch stepdown to the gravel the abyss of genius

                                                                                                               Tell me again why. Why it is a step down or step up between them.

Intellectuals sprawl  Geniuses are siloed

she nodded

               I disagree.

I know you do

                Anif I were Id favour intellect overanbeyond genius

they walked a ways and stopped in front of a plant he called the brain plant its petite rosy flowers consumed by frost

chill

Imagine she said  if you woke one morning and found you had an IQ of onehundredeighty. What would you think?

Notmuch

Not much?   What do you mean not much?

blandly looked her over  nonverbally indicated

   OH. You have a oneeighty IQ.

No  If I were you I would have suggested onefifty oneightys an awfully high bar  Anif I were you I woud have tacked otherwise

Otherwise?

                How do you mean?

I woud have said imagine if you woke one morning an found you had an IQ of eighty  Whawoudya think

Eighty?

Its enoughscraping bottom  at least woud allow ya to serve in the armed forces

                                                                                    GI   Government-issued

despite herself  she tried not to smile but failed miserable

could be the star bitch of a hyena documentary 

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