Is that pointed  is that a black eyewhat the hell happened to you? saw you two days ago.

I went to the zoo

 

    You went to the zoo.

That’s where you got your black eye?

Yup

 

    Is this gonna be like pulling teeth?

To me itll feel like it

Come on. Spill.

This goes no furthurstays between us

                                         Ive not shared with anyoneunlikely I will if Im not asked about it

Gets around  Itll be you   Ill come for ya

grimaced  Touchy. Touchy.

Youve no ideaChrist

 

    noting his agitation  When you’re up for it.

Ja

        Cant make this shit up

I’m sure stranger things have happened.

Ive had my share of strange but this   episode  takes the cake

                                                                   Crazynuts

It’s not too bad a black eye. If you were more conscious ‘bout it I’d bet you could touch it up with makeup, hide it.

No  Youre right 

                 Its not obvious

Actually  

           Accountability

You and being held accountable.

nodding  Ja This country   We need more of it

                                                                Im stallin

No hurry.

    At the zoo the gorilla the huge male

The one that came a year or so back, had been trained in signing.

Thas the one  Goliath

I’ve read a few articles about him.

                                     He’s a star.

He is

                                                             

So ya know how when I talk my hands go                                                            

Yeah. Doing it now.

he looked down at them Im not even aware

                                              I am

You are.

Ja

        I went to the zoo to see Goliath

You’ve been learning to sign?  chuckled

No hellno scarcely an eyeroll but an eyeroll nonetheless

                                                               Ive been told hes a specimen Something to behold

Hes maintained in a barless enclave  a moat between visitors an him

    Hes amazing

I’ve heard tell.

Ya got go

                     We made eye contact

He came to the edge of the moat directly across from me

I called him by his name

He grunted when I did

                         

Obviously understanding his name is Goliath.

Obviously

             There werent but  fourfive people around

They werent invested

    So I began talkin to him

What did you talk to him about?

His caretakerslashtrainerslashsigner Steve

                                             I asked if Steve was takin good care of him

He did that knucklerock forward gorillas do

I took tha tha he agreed

Sounds reasonable.

I thought we connected

                             He certainly seemed involvedcant remember all tha came out of my mouth

Hands going I suppose. When animated your hands keep up.

I suppose they do

No suppose they do.

Awright  No supposing

As our conversation interaction continued he became increasingly animated

                                                                                      And at some point

I must have crossed him

Crossed him?

No longer animated  Agitated

How so?

Because he was at the edge of the moat he couldnt rush me as we understand they do

Bluffs.

Sometimes

              Obviously because of his confines he cant

Had no idea why

Really really irritated

 

 

    Motherfucker

Picks up a desiccated turd

Not small by any means

AnIm tellin ya

Lefthanded

Hurled it  Artfully    At me

 

    Your blackeye

                        how he suppressed the yawplocked down  sported a pokerface   he had no fuckin idea

My   Blackeye

      

1828,  Sunday,  13  7. 25

0913,  Monday,  14  7. 25

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