he tries to keep up with her but she cant keep up with herself

I didnt arrive until later that afternoon and I wasnt going to try to chase them down

Had a couple of pops  a nice whisky   an edible

                                                        Catch up, take a ten. she cried

Five milligrams just dandy for me thank you

he mewled Spoilsport.

Havent heard thaone in awhile

                                  Save itup for rainy days

Pitiful  a pitiful attempt at coercion

In the da . .

. . Long gone

                  Long long gone for you too man   Whaswid tryin to keepup

I’m not going to be outdone by a woman.

                                             could tell he was really high

gigglingputting her hand to her mouth I’m handing you your ass.

                                                                      she was    she did

thats what she did

I think not.

Broheim 

            Youre not even in her neck of the woods

I am.

No you’re not. she chidedtilting back almost fell off the short stone wall

                                                                            grabbing her by the shoulder of her shirt  Where ya goin cowgirl

she laughed  Hell if I know.

                               Somewheres.

You two need food 

she picked up the wine glass at her hip I’m good, I’m eatin’ grapes.

Yeah, me too.

she set the pace

 

I sipped my beer

    when the beverages were gone they adjourned indoors ostensibly to replenish them

though the two walked on shaky unsure legs

Why don you two have a seat on the couch Ill top you off

they sat

they were drinking a local chardonnay

handing them their glasses he told them the bottle was a dead

                                                                   he doubled back to the frig for a beer

returning to the livingroom held up his bottle

                                                Toast  Na Zdrowie

Na Zdrowie. eversodrunkengently tapped their glasses and to his bottle 

                                                                                 they sipped

through the patio screen he heard a hawk cry

                                                 Say Excuse me  Im going out to see the hawk

he went out the screen door  down the porch steps

the hawk turned lazycircles over his head  a huge redtail

                                                             she or he turned a good ten minutes before breaking off suddenlytaking a line over the tops of live oaks  gliding out of sight

always a thrill

    was a nice sunny  day

he went up the steps back into the livingroom

they had set their glasses on the coffee table and fallen asleep

                                                                     he tries to keep up with her

but she cant keep up with herself

he polished off his beer  left

                               hed text later to see how they fared

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