he was reading under his breath  Now theres a word I can get my head around

she chuckled

               they were sitting on opposite end of the couchbacks to the armstheir legs intertwined barefooted soles to crotches

                              looked over the top of her bookher glasses  What word’s that?

Slish

   How is it spelled?

S L I S H   He slished the rope with his knife

Cut.

Yah  Cut slit  slashed

                           Slished

I’ll guess it’s obsolete?

It is

       Youre guessing because you never heard it before

   No.  Because odd things attract you.

                                                I did.

You do

The second timeround.

Thank Gawd for tha

she gentlypushed her solekneaded with her toes his crotch

he applied pressure with his big toe

   Yawann . .

. . That’d be nice.

bookmarked their books unwoundretracted their legsturned on their hipsfound their feetbeat it down the hall to the bedroom

how she did it he never figuredshe sat furthest away

                                                           but always beat him to bed

bounded gleefully

                   like tryin to tame a Mexican jumping bean   frijoles saltarines

      

   sometimes  used restraints

1222,  Sunday,  16  3. 25

1128,  Monday – St Paddy’s Day,  17  3. 25