No

Yes.  I'm afraid so.

   No

I’m tellin’ ya.

Youre tellin the wrong person

                                With tha admission Im tellin everybody I know anybody who will heard me out  Ill be wallpapering the town with your . . .   I cant begin to tell you the joy youll be bringing into the world

    Ive thought of that.

                          And you’re the perfect messenger to delivery the goods.

Im beside myselfI cant hardly wait

 

conversation veered to their families the summersuddenly behind them    Howd tha happen    We take our eyes off the prize not realising it has a momentum of its own, it won’t rest on its laurels.

 

Time for me to go. their goodbyes tilted her  like she was admonishing time  anguished

Time  Already

                     Talk about freakin momentum

I’ll check my calendar, midOctober . . .

Wha works for youspread it around   Im easy

chortled

         Yeah.  I’ll wallpaper the tow . .

. . An don think I wont

he stood before she did as his Maw taught him   You be a gentleman   went around behind her helped with the chair helped to her feet

                                    You’re such the gentleman.

I wasnt my Maw woud materialise an yank me around the room by my ear  What did I tell you?  You woudnt want to meet her in an ugly mood

You’re parents did well.

As well as coud be expectedworked with wha they had    Me

Yeah.

          Wasn’t much there. smiled  dimples deep divots in her cheek  loved seeing her smile  

 

they gathered their thingszipped closed backpacks went out of the coffee shop doorway side by side

he took herheld her backpack while she took a knee to unlocked her bicycle chained to a parking meter

a young woman approaching them walking up the sidewalk turned her head birdlike with curiosity as she watched her turn the tumbler on the lock

                                          Behold he said startling herstartling them both  This adept woman occasionally listens to audio books on shuffle

    On shuffle

Gimme my bag . . .

Toldya beautiful  wallpapering the town

                                              he gave her a bear hug

she returned it

handed her the backpack

                               Youll check your calendar  Im gonna miss you until then

Notorious

1340,  Sunday,  20  9. 26

0900,  Saturday,  10  10. 26