the telephone rang
he pickedup Talk Its your dime
Papa.
Hey
beautifulcan I call you right back I was heading to the bathroom
Sure. Talk in a sec.
In a sec
she hung up
he set the receiver back in the cradle
headed to the head
at the coffeemaker the goodoldtrusty
Proctor Silex above it took down a cup from the cupboard from a ridiculous selection one
for every fuckin occasion What do I get
him for his birthday Christmas Valentines Day A Thank You? He likes coffee. Can’t give him just coffee. Yes
you can A unique
coffee cup. Everyone owns their unique he has three shelves circulates each and every cup eventually he thinks a different cup every daybut there are favourites
that linger usesem couplethree days in a row but eventually each and every one is used guessfourfive times a
year
setting the unique cup down he sidesteps
the counter to the window
the flys beating itself senseless on the
stationary pane
goes to pour himself a cup
flys back at the window banging its
head
opens the slider again
back into the house
figured he wasnt doing human tricks for a fly
back it came bangbangbanged the window
opened it bang bang bangbang escapes
into the house
Fuck you fly
poured himself strong black coffee
returned to the studio
called his daughter
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