E I E I Oh

What’s that all about?

    About

             Youre the one gaga for acronyms

Whaya make of it

E I E I O . . .

If itll help

           The oh isnt an O its a O H   Exclamation

So you’ve reduced it.

I have

E I E I

Ja

muttered E I E I.

I can help ifya like  Yamight identify in another way

Sure.

I Q E Q E I C I

                   I threw the C I in there but its unlikely youd have any familiarity with it made it up

Awright.

          So I'm working with I Q E Q E I. Disregard the C I. You’ll let me in on it.

Correct

I Q.

Ja

Intelligence quotient.

A fixation of yours Take this I Q test

                                        How many times youve told me you cant help yourself

I can’t help myself.

E Q

Help me.

While ya may excel in I Q  You fumble E Q pretty regularly

Q remains quotient?

Ja

E.  Fumble.

             Emotional?

You don have to ask

                       Youre lousy

I have feelin . .

. . For yourself  Which is expected

                                      You were raised a very entitled white man  Thas a full time job

features darkened  Fuck you.

Am I lyin

    You make it sound bad.

Its a dirty job Somebodys got to do it

                                         An yaint alone

Millions an millions of very entitled white men  An then your average like me  an entitled white man inherited by birth

E I

E remain emotional?

It does

I? 

Like the I you know

Intelligence.

Ja

     Yet another score ya take a bath on

So I Q E Q E I  Youre there save C I

                                         Which you conferred on me

I did?

Yadid

    Hint

Yeah. Yes please.

Lateral thinking

                  Youre constantly on me about tha

Because youre constantly doin it.

Thank you  Its a compliment

It is.  And you don’t prefer compliments.

I do not

                Blowing smoke up my ass  I C  Or pronounced ick

You’re icky.

You tryin to be clever

I am.

Something else Ive asked you to stop

                                          Okay  Icky

C I

Creative intelligence

                         Lateral thinking

Ja

Ja . . er Yes. Now you’ve got me jaing

Wha I do

I Q E Q E I C I

                   Old MacDonald had a farm E I E I O

Oink oink here

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1624,  Saturday,  5  7. 25

    she shrugged

 

 

he shrugged

                     Thas not an answer

What do you want me to say?

You say wha yasay I asked the question  The answer doesnt fall to me

 

she shrugged again

 

                                 It was a mistake.

Your boyfriend was a mistake

    Yes.

A mistake

I said. Yes.

The mistake a reason an excuse

                                    A reason for an excuse Make an excuse for a reason

You’re making me uncomfortable.

Im your friend

                 Im the friend you came to

You shoudnt be uncomfortable

It’s not easy to admit to a mistake.

Is it true

I made a mistake?

Its true

          Something true shoudnt be hard to admit

Particularly to a friend

To me

I have your back

Believe Ive always had your back

You have.

 

    I told you he was a mistake

You did.

Now we both know

                      We go forward

We learn

 

she sighedsmiled

                    Something new every day

he smiled

             Im rubbin off on you

 

1725,  reggaefriday,  27  6. 25

1342,  Saturday,  5  7. 25

Jefferson Airplane  My Best Friend  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUYsSPwrymk

they had had more than a couple boilermakers

but who was counting

a 4th of July picnic

they came with people

werent driving

they were unimpeded

Your Trader Joe’s bag looks heavy.

                                       it laid at the end of a wood picnic table benches attached weathered gray heavy motherfuckers  they helped pick them up move them into a kind of oval so the majority of the gathering was within conversations ears 

                                            could drop out of one not move enter another

that was earlier

some people had left some dispersed remaining food watermelon from their Igloo coolers to lighten their loads that otherwise would have to hump across a huge grassy field to the street where they parked

Its not heavier than usual

What’s in it?

Clipboard couple of books dictionary

You brought a dictionary?

Ja  One of the books nonfiction has been tripping me up even in context Im guessin Im unfamiliar

You actually think you were going to be reading today?

I was invited don know most of the people I mean look on the blanket over there People are napping

Shade. It’s warm. Heat and liquor can take it out of ya. Nothing a quick snooze can’t mitigate.

But, really, a dictionary. You could use your phone.

I didnt bring it

I don’t go anywhere without mine.

                                     Kindalike you and your canvas bag . . . with a dictionary in it.

Thasaid  A second

                     the bag was at the other end of the table pinioning on his ass he swung his legs over the bench bare feet on the grass stood stepped to the end pulled the dictionary out stepped back sat pinioned on his ass facing him again

                                         Get your phone out

he did

The word is decrement

D  E  C  R  E  M  E  N  T.  Correct?

Spot on

         Opposite increment

Yeah.

You look it up on your phone Ill find it in the dictionary  On Go  One two three Go  Okay

We’re racing?

We are

Good thing we’re drunk.

Reason  Or excuse

I could give two shits if someone asked.

people sitting around other tables overheard him

I could give two shits.

majority nodded  smiled   watched

Any bets

everyone was a gentleman  no bets   though seemed awfully curious engaged

Ya set

I am.

Put the phone down on the table  Dictionarys on the table

he did

        Whoa. A second I wanna sip of beer.

Good idea

they started sipping but the tip became a pour

emptied their heavy pint glasses  belched

group laughed

they smiled around at everyone

Okay

Okay now.

    One  two  three  Go

they did

thumb into the D tab opened the book shuffled pages

banging away at keys

Go go go . . . gang chanted

 

A reduction or diminution  I quote Relaxation produces a decrement in sympathetic youre pathetic nervous system

Ooooh  the crowd taunted

he closed the dictionary

                          Since youre still at it Ill get us another beer

not looking up from his phone he quit punching

My phone weighs less

Ja

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1211,  Saturday,  5  7. 25