he stoodup to go to the bathroom
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
washing his handsfigured they hadnt
spoke in a while
was heading
into a long conversation hed go to the kitchen pour himself a fresh cup of
coffee
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
before he can pour a large black fly buzzes
himwhips around behind his head then headlong to the kitchen window banging itself on
glass as flies do
looked like a headache to him
the kitchen
window hasnt a screen
setting the unique cup down he sidesteps
the counter to the window
the flys beating itself senseless on the
stationary pane
he opens the slider halfway for the fly
to escape the house
DENIED it escapes back into the house
shut the
window
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
she picked up
Are you okay? That was
a bit.
Nawh kiddo I was trying to free a fly
They arent very smart
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0930, Thursday,
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