glancedup out of the book as he entered the uphill church drive  angled parking right

Daves back was to him

                        had someone cornered   nope  woman  had a woman on a bench that paralleled the drive which went past them to a lot further back on the property

Community nondenominational Church which differs from a prodemonical church

dropped his eyes back into Everetts Wounded while he continued walking  the canvas bag over his shoulder gentlythumped against his thigh it held Fridays 3 for $5 Kettle chips  Baldwins The Fire Next Time

    Baldwin distracted him

 

almost on Dave the womanShit she was a looker  Dave quit talking and turned

                                                                                       Dave

the woman looked at himhed seen that look too many times in too many bars

                                                                                       unwanted attention however   polite

the shit women think they have to put up with

if rude

a bitch

Dave said to the woman  This is the walking reading man

                                                                 is this a pronoun    it is  he knew

a demonstrative pronoun

lotsa demons gamboling about

Hell lo she said

Hiya he replied   he did say demons

there was that plead in her eyes

    he didnt know her from Eve or Lilith for that matter

                                                             heard his mothers voice go off in his head

Make your bed Ya got to sleep in it

she was a hard woman look to her for pity shed spit in the palm of your hand

her world everyone made their bed

                                       but

had they the decency to ask her

shed give them a piece of her mind

apparently somehow  she had an endless supply

he didnt ask her

when she attempted to say unsolicited he stopped her tersely   in her tracks

                                                                                           I don believe I asked you

to her credit   he her son product of her loins  she quit   went quiet

                                                                           Thanks Maw  I appreciate tha

sincerely

he went past them   cornered right  then chuckled to himself

                                                                    grateful her not him

1400,  reggaefriday The Thirteenth,  June 2025