had seen red

                  not blood red  seething seeing things  devising strategies to counter provocations

humoured

            found it funny

he was usually the provocateur the irritator

                                                    because

just something about a person or how they spoke irritated him

    prone to prickly heat as a child his parents didnt seek or remedy why he suffered so many allergies  his nose ran he scratchedthey shrugged

                                       asif to say  Deal with it.

irritated him

although he learnedunderstood they hadnt any skin in the game

                                                                  and when his bodily irritations got the best of himprovoked himhe acted up  theyd take him down a peg for his ill manner a strap across the ass and when he tolerated that too well then across the backs of his thighsthatll wake him up  make him present

    so as an adult

he didnt tolerate people who rubbed him wrong

                                                   he laughed   found it funny

a fella remarked that they loved their wife

Really

    Excuse me.  You hafta say it like that?sound like that?

Yah

       Because cominout of your mouth it sounds more like youre saying I tolerate my wifegood chance she tolerates you

               I love my husband, love, love, love, my husband.

 

he sees red

    occasionally  bloodred    

6AM,  Sunday,  25  5. 25

1046,  Monday – Memorial Day,  26  5. 25