Rolling off her lying beside her she says to you  Not bad rookie

                                                                      Whadaya do

What do I do?

BLAHshit out of luck not another at bat

                                              Excommunicated

Excommunicated?

No more holey for you Phew-oh shes probably thinkin her red hair didnt make you think Irish  no patience of a saint there brother

What are you talkin’ about?

You were thrilled being called rookie

                                        Im elaborating becuz you havent an elaboratinbone in your body I wonder how you stand upright

What are you talking about? beginning to glare

Save tha for someone you think yacan intimidate

                                                    GO elaborate finesse   Im all ears

Damnnear fuckin beggin GO

glare went flat

               flatcoloured rotting green vegetables  fronds    lettuce

Thas wha I thought

                      She rolls out of bedgrabs her clothing panties bra  dresses outside in the parking lot next to her car

Shell douche when she gets home

                                     Last thing she wants is you siring someone unenthusiastic

Wants something unlike her family

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never failed

                 shy

shed jumpup onto the desktop hang a second spy his lap jumpdown to the floor

he felt a part of some kind of apparatusobstacle in her course

bomber jumpedup big orange bomber  he worked his way down onto his lap  hung for awhile

october skittish as was if she jumpedup she made immediately for his lap

                                                                               for awhile

shy ran the gamut maybe every fourthfifth visit make his lap

                                                                  but by the time she did

Excuse me baby Gotta tap a kidney

                                       changed it up Time to take a leak

she was not amused

Don gimme a puss puss ya coud have earlier Youve lousy timing

he turned in his chairshed leap race into the hall usually went right to the bedroom

                                                                                        he imagined her punching a pillow

working her frustration out

he hollered after her Bad timing kid

curiously

evenings

bedtime

went cat to cat to say good nightif he could find them

then some time during the night shed come to bed head on his chesthis heart

                                                                                  while not having to take a leak

he still movedmoved a lot

off his back to a shoulder

off a shoulder to his back

off his back to the other shoulder

                                   while disturbing her sleep shed let him work it out

let him find his placeposture arm placement  hands

simmer down

                then shed find a bodily nockcranny that appealed

fall back to sleep

   a nocturnal dance

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di Meola  McLaughlin  DeLuca  Guardian Angel  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0qssYRJy10

You got to be kiddin’ me, Papa.

   Whastha

               he lookedup from the laundry they were folding so they could get out of Dodge grab a bit to eat

he was hungry  

lunch a rarity

Your tshirts.

Wha about em

Kinda shabby. Don’t you think it’s time for new ones?

Fuckno theyre finally broke in

   Broke in?

Yah

They’re fraying.

Frayin broke in same difference

she shook her head

Its not like theyre Jockeys

Jockeys?

Briefs

Briefs?  You wanna explain the possible difference.

he tried to be patience

                         If frayed  Jockeys    Balls an cock find the fraysthe holes

Uncomfortable  Pitchem

But not tshirts

You have newer ones?

I do

You’re visiting.

I am

I would have thought you’d pack them.

   Because I knew this conversation was gonna to happen

                                                                 Vacation baby I dress for comfort

I don have to impress you

No.

        But I have a sneakin’ suspicion you don’t dress to impress.

he chuckled

              You know me so well

Suit doesnt make a man

The man the suit

Its whas inside tha counts

                             Not the wrapper

she sighed Is this yet another life lesson you’re teaching me?

Im obliged

              Im your really fuckin comfortable father

Tossem here Ill foldem

No no no, that’s okay, I’m cool.

You really find women who are cool?

Have

       Havent looked recently

Hard to compete with my imagination

 

she gave him a hard look

                            I don’t want to know.

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It was cool, they told me nice one, rookie. he smiled as if a child  someone playfully tousling his hair  That made me feel awfully good.

                  absently tugged the brim of his baseball cap

which irritated him

                     they were inside rookies house waiting for coffee to finish percolating etiquette informed him hats arent worn inside  experience told him assholes wore baseball caps

                                                                          he was struggling like a motherfucker to make an allowance

never got one growingup

Rookie

          Werent you twentysomething early twenties

Twentytwo. Semi-pro team.

It wasnt a major league farm club

No. Semi-pro.

What was semi about it

People paid admission to see the game.

Seated on wood bleachers

Yeah.

Yah I know the club

                        Diamond in the public park near the natatorium  I swam laps there

Yes.   That’s it.

Parked near the diamond watched half innings through the fence

                                                                      Thas the semi youre talkin about

Yeah.

I didnt realise admission was charged

It was nominal.

   You paid

No. a little discomfort crept into his eyes

Awright

   What do you mean . . alright?

Semi-pro

The admission paid for the maintenance upkeep of the field.

It was a community field correct

No.

High schools played tourneys there

Yes.

Community didnt budget for the field

I’m sure it did. I had to tryout for the team.

Start     

   No.

Older guys call you rookie

They were older, yeah.

How long were they semi-pros   Any in their thirties

sheepish A couple.

They starters

They were.

he was thinking pro-vanity

                              didnt say

These guys were good ballplayers.

Local ballplayers

                     Homegrown

throwing him a bone

                       Populous

It is.

good sheepish evaporating

                               he nodded agreement

Had to be nice to be called rookie

Play many seasons

One summer.

Then rookie was apt

I suppose you could say so.

he had

I gotta share

What’s that?

You said rookie an my imagination went to bedding a woman for the first time

Of course you did.

Rolling off her lying beside her she says Not bad rookie

Jesus.

Not Jesus fuckno

                   You take another at bat  A Bs are a statisticyah

didnt tug his brim

I think coffees ready   

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