in the car on the way to breakfast they didnt have enough seatbelts

                                                                                   he didnt want to take two cars

he argued  Live a little  Im here

begrudgingly

                they lived

his granddaughter sat on his lap

                                     Lets finish up our conversation about spidersHUGE spiders

Glassspiders  ghostspiders

Do we have to?

We have to

             Well concluded itlet it go with one  simple   question

his daughter said Don’t let him suck you in, honey.

he laughed

             couldnt see his granddaughters face

A simple question kiddo

                         I believe  despite your looks you can handle it 

You know what he said to me, Mom?

Probably.

He said I’m not as smart as I look.

He’s told me the same.

wished he could have seen the contortions on her faceDAMN

                                                                For cryinoutloud  A simple question

Youre simple enough to answer it

MOM.

Man’s unrelenting. Answer his question.

                                               Dad?

Yah

Simple?

Woud I lie to either of you

Let Grampa ask . . you answer.

Goodlord happy thas behind us

                                    So kiddo spiders   How afraid ofem arya on a scale of zero to nine

Zero to nine, no.

Yah

The scale is one to ten.

   Baby aint nothing in this life a ten

                                          But there arewill be some things we couldnt give two shits about easypeasy rate a zero

Follow my gist

   Mom . . .

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   nevernever a one off   he knew better

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                                                                                                      evidently felon isnt the only administration official who has their head stuffed up their ass

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wasnt a dealkiller

wasnt his body

                  he respected her enormouslyappreciated her autonomy  knew she had brought herself up the hardway  defiedbettered the circuitous route of poor turns she had made

They were mine.

I was obligated.

I’m accountable for my decisions, my actions.

   How do you not fall in love with someone like tha  he thought

                                                                            he had

they dated a good while

tookup living togetherwhich surprised them both   to the marrow in their bones

                                                                                     they were committed to their own time

their wont

not to share

                                 

didnt occur to them they were

                                 Can you believe how well we get along

No I don’t, I have to pinch myself.

   he pinched her she pinched him

 

 

 

Wha do you think of babies

I don’t.

   No

Not really.

                         What do you think?

I grewupround babies

                         Im good with them

What are you asking?

                              Are you asking . me . . . . if I want . your . baby?

   I cant have one

                   Since we havent talked about babies I believe its a good conversation to have We converse better than mostHell better than any couples I know

Ohyes, far better.

                    Honesty gives us that.

Brutally so

she noddedsmiled Gawddamn those dimples

                                              Brutally.

   You think I want to ruin this beautiful bodyyou enjoyI enjoy that I worked so hard to attain?

Is it ruin

Jeez.

       You want a baby? Now?   Get a surrogate.

   Yasaid  now

Now.

        I’m not keen . now . to suffer a parasite for nine mont . .

. . Twins  Pairasites

she smiled lovely again humoured   rad dimples

                                                   P  A  I  R.   My clever lover.

You know I love you very much.

his turn to nod no dimples  I love you inside out 

 

   For now . . I only want us to share our pie together.

Yes  Our halves

Yes.

   Im selfish   Too

Yes. We dig.

                  Let’s table it for some other time.

I can do tha

 

   their relationshipso delicious was that they alwaysalways returned to territoriesconversations they paused for another time

   they had crazylong memories

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Woud you walk 

she was shufflindown the hall looking up at the ceilingat its corners he was walking behind her

Walk

     Wha arya doin

whispered  Spiders.

Wha ofem I told you they tend to keep to the ceilingwhy

   Why?

Yes   Why

I don’t know.

Down here sidestepped her motioned with his handspalms flat small circles hipheight they entered the livingroom  Spiders tend not to be here because of the cats the cats will kill them

I like that.

Yes

      I thought you might         But let me show you something

What?

   Glassspiders

                      Ghostspiders

What?

Youre not as smart as you look follow me got cats

                                                    she caught the slight but he was rolling steamrolling and she knew from experience hed go right over the top of her to get to his point

                                                                               led her back into the hall left into the bathroom pointed at the slab of rock encrusted with seashell fossils sitting on the sink cabinet

Theres this strata thathey inhabit oohsooquiet

                                                       Look

Do you see

What am I looking at?

Glass  ghost spider

                          See the real fine  web

Where?

Between the back of the rock into the cornerstrung on the texture of the walls to the mirrors edge

I don’t see anything.

Watch  Im going to blow eversoslightly into the corner

                                                          Watch

he exhaled

   a shimmer  shimmered

There

I see.

So very  fragile

Yes.

Like glass

Like a ghost.

You see

Yes yes.

Youre not afraid

No.

      I’m not afraid of this spider.

But the ones overheard who remain in their websscarcely move about   frighten you

Maybe.

          Because I can see them very easily and theyre . . big.

Ah  Perhaps a matter of scale he chuckled

                                                         sounded like a hick What we got here . . a failure . to communicate

What?

   Yasay wha an awful lot

But like I said

Lets go  Familys waiting on us to go to breakfast

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WUyZXhLHMk

pounding on their chests like apes an apettes  Make America Great Again

Tell ya wha

             Thawas a timeonce upon a time ago when eggs didnt cost an arm an a leg

Right

 

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he wasnt stonedbut he could be   could be

                                             ought to be

was a little disappointed that edibles were stealthy

                                                       werent sendingup smoke signals like in Days of Yore

Bygone

          Nostalgic

   Youre lookin at me funny

I'm so high I don’t even know I’m looking.

Funny

   I’m high.

Bygone

Heard of it.

   Shall I

What shall you shall?

Wistful 

   Wisty.

Yah

      Sure

Dreamy

   Dreamy.  I think icecream.

                                 SnoCones. Cotton candy. Saltwater taffy.   Freshpopped buttered popcorn.

Ever steal a pie cooling on a windowsill

   Steal?   

No. 

Yamissed gold

               Fuckin amazing  Tasty tasted better because nothing tastes as delicious as guilt   Gettin away with it 

Sentimental   Mental

   What are you talking about?

Nostalgic

   Huh?

Moony

   You miss I’m high.

Misty eyed

               Sloppy

Ive enjoyed slopever  ever   I mean ever  Ever have a chick cum on youI have  she shot rockets that overflowed my mouth entered my ears

                                         Must admit   I choked on her enthusiasm

Moonstruck

Moonstruck?

   Doncha think

What?

Nostalgic

   I can’t think.

                  I’m high.

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