You don’t know the half of it.
preceding the icing on the cake
he didnt
he was just trying to get out of the
grocery store
stepped back let a woman who suddenlyappeared left on a
diagonal that cut off his exit
stepped back
she stopped
Oh, excuse
me, you should go first. he would have had to leap her cart not even in his youth
No Please Come ahead
That’s awfully kind of you. as
a secondthird and a fourth cart varied
bodies aimlesschildren obliviousmen what
would be thankfulwomen scrambledup on her heels
No
please oneanall come ahead he rocked back on his
heels he wasnt going anywhere
a fifth cart a Mexican couple nodding to him as they
waited
the third crawled past
who knew a bottleneck could happen on a
doublewide automatic door
it remained yawning
as the Mexican couple came abreast came a fetchinredhead her breasts
ahead of her as if she were affixed to the bow of a ship figurehead an understatement was suddenlyup behind them
she was quick on the grin
beat him
Aren’t you a peach.
Possible
she giggledsighed
You don’t know the half of it.
breezing by himhe tossed a gander at
her ass learned the other half she
was righton
muttered Ohbrother
given
the train of carts Wha
a caboose
louder than he thought he had
she braked just beyond the entry turned sidewise looked him over
Thank you.
No Thank you
neither balked or were embarrassed
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