Say she said ducking her head around the corner of the frig  what are you doing in here?

he was standing at the stove stirring a tall saucepan with a wooden spoon

absent  staring into the pan  Huh

What are you doing?

Im stirring water waitin for it to boil

Stirring . . . . water.

Jah

          Im hopin if I agitate it it will reach a boil sooner

    That’s ridiculous.

I don know It seems more agitated now than before when I wasnt

What are you basing that on?

On my observation

When I came in your eyes were closed.

I was thinking

What was that?

I was thinkin   Come on water    Boil

                                           Psychically agitatin it to

 

    Alright, Sparky, has it occur to you water maybe be going by a pronoun now?

And because you’re attempting to cajole it while callin’ it a name it does not want to be recognized by it’s digging its heels in, shunning you and the gas flames?

    No   I hadnt

                         Wha shoud I do

Put the spoon down.

Walk away.

But Im getting close

she fixed him with her eyes

he liked her better when she was amusedher dimples beginning to dot her cheeks

 

 

he put the spoon down

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Green Day  American Idiot(s)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqkGY9jsBOw