WOD Jah  dislikes acronyms too  Word Of the Day

                                                               pied-à-terre Sounds like a dessert order  Faggy at tha

Should learn something new every day

                                                    Not tha hed hold onto it memorise it for a future date                                                       

pied-à-terre

              “(A) small apartment, condo, or house kept as a secondary residence for occasional, temporary, or part-time use in a city or town.” Like hed ever have a secondary residence

his heart belongs to motels

                             seedier the better

had a real knack for finding them

he didnt say that to pat himself on the backhis girlfriend patted

                                                                     old girlfriends did too

the appeal  what happened inside of them

                                              blacklight painted ceiling  tub just big enough for two

occasionally amatsunava lengths  nawaya  shibari  kinbaku   in a bind

                                                                               takeout sushi  pizza  barbecue

upscale beers  Redbreast  Late Harvest Riesling

                                                         dark chocolate

Fastest way to a mans heart is through his stomach  Fastest way to a womans pussy is chocolate

 

    Whas the word of the dayJah

                                             Hes forgotten too

0828,  Thursday,  1  10. 26

1653,  Tuesday,  20  10. 26

Fuckin criminal . . .

 

    What’s that, babe?

Listen shaking his head to this irately snapped the newspaper

                                                                       Onehunredsixtyseventhousand sixhunredthirtynine pounds of raw pork, beef, and goat products have been recalled by the FDA to be destroyed, discarded, or returned, after discovering they were produced, Star Meat Delivery Incorporated, without federal safety inspection.

Jesus.

I did the math

I saw you scribbling.

Jah

          That number is Eightythreepointfive tons

Yeller  who trained Asian elephants  elephants were most familiar with zoos circuses on the wall in the hall is the painting Taj  Yellers elephant  did in TwentyohTwo she told me Asians average between fivethousandthreehunred an eleventhousand pounds  Average weight mean eightthousandonehunredfifty

 

    Yes.

Now imagine a herd of twohunredfive Asian elephants

                                                            Their weight equivalent to the animals whose lives were wasted

Their lives?

Wasted

             Im tellinya Human beings callous   Were wastrels

Fuck

          Ought to get an average human weightmale weight determine how many croaked would equal eightythreepointfive tons

    Undressed  Ofcoarse

      

0920,  Saturday,  26  9. 26

1304,  Tuesday,  20  10. 26

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/more-than-167000-pounds-beef-pork-goat-meat-recalled

Mother fuck

Son. Language.

No  Not if youll lookansee wha Im contending withwha a shitty can opener

Son.

Shitty

         Sis have a backup

A can opener?

                  In the drawer.

Ive been in the drawer

    Then that’s it.

Thas it

        he managed to hold his tongue

Are your tools downstairs or in the garage

What do you need tools for?

I need a hammer I need a screwdriver

    Alright.  In the garage beside the freezer.

Thank you

 

the can opener quit cutting not halfway round and intermittent slender tabs of metal  four cans

he set them one at a time on a dry cutting board

                                                   pressed the flathead screwdriver at the tabsbanged them with the hammer each can  a couplethree tabs  then using the screwdriver as a lever slipped it under the ragged lids atop the side of the cans ratcheted them open enoughpurchased enough to get his fingers under the lids  then his thumb heavy at their centers pried them open enough to empty their contents black beans dark red kidney bean two cans stewed tomatoes

Dad

Son?

Youll be pleased to know I didnt fuckin lacerate my fuckin fingers    

 

Sis who Dad lives with was on vacation called to see how things were going

                                                                                  I threw your can opener away

Ill text you pictures of the cans I tried to open with it

Why didn’t you use the electric can opener under the silverware drawers?

430 5PM,  reggaefriday,  25  9. 26

1209,  Tuesday,  20  10. 26

he and his father were building a onethousand piece puzzle

                                                                    it was maddening   exquisite

first time in a very long time that he had to prop the box cover the illustration up

                                                                                      things began to jive  gel

about half done he mentioned

                                   Look here Dad Theres four one piece holes  colour  shape  definitive

Theyre not on the table Ive checked the floor  None

his father biting his thumbnail

                                  I’ve noticed.

    You know wha

What’s that, son.

There someone you want to torment

he took his thumb away from his mouth

                                              Torment?

Jah

       I suggest if you identify someone   gift this fuckin puzzle toem

 

 

when they first began building it his father worked on the borders he set colours together particular tree patterns ocean wave patterns

                                   Care for a beer Dad

That’d be nice.

he returned to the room Old Styles his fathers favouritealthough  New Glarus Spotted Cow was sneaking up and may have exceeded Old Style if it wasnt for the fact that New Glarus didnt have distribution to Illinois had to go to Wisconsin to get it

                                            handed him a can

they tapped cansNa Zdrowie To health

                                              was working for his old man  ninetyfive

they set to work on the puzzle again

he eyed where his father placed the beer on the coaster just off his left elbow

                                                                                     saw him once a year 

figured he was alert knew his boundaries

 

in not five minutes the Old Style was on the floor

                                                   he bounded around behind himsnatched the beer up half its contents less the Na zdrowie toast remained in the can

                                                             bounding again he grabbed his fathers walker helped him to his feet

I got this  I need a little room Dad

 

roll of paper towels from the kitchen Fantastik spray bottle  got on all four got it moppedup  disinfected  dry as a desert bone

There we go  Done

Thank you, son.

Youre welcome

                   Can I fetchya another beer

    Please.                                                                                       

Figure out where you want to place it turned out to be on the bureau at his fathers back which he thought originally

          

the whole incident amused him

returning with the beertapped cans Na zdrowied again

                                                              Dad said  I make the mess.

                                                                          You clean it up.

                                                                           wry delivery

                                                                

                                                                         took no exception

                                                                             laughed

                                                                         Jah  Thas true

he could make all the messes he wantedhed clean them up  their deal  Dad kept living

1507,  reggaefriday,  25  9. 26

1054,  Tuesday,  20  10. 26

The Power of Refusal Claire Dederer published in The Atlantic June 2021

                                                                                 To other people his ascetic life might not have looked like freedom. It might’ve looked like emptiness. His life seemed to be made up of things he didn’t have, but to him, the not-having was the same thing as his freedom.

    not-having was the same thing as his freedom

he included that quote the article in letters to his father his siblings

he wasnt expecting letters in return

                                         none came

when an ascetic defends their freedom family  friends   dont get it

 

his Irish twin called  his tongue-in-cheek Wellness call

                                                            brother was always pleasantries before business

unlike him

               but

it was Irishs dime

the hahas chuckles slapped his desk threefour times behind them

                                                                             So, man, your letter.

 

 

Are you there?

    Speak

You have to be abrupt, terse?

Were finally gettindown to business not tha I didnt dig the foreplaydon think I didnt

                                                                                           When I last visited I said as much

Then when I came across the article the quote ever read The Atlantic

    No.

If not you then unlike the rest of the family have either

I can’t say, I don’t know.

I do

       The article restated wha I had said at Dads  

When I did  nothing   notnothing  registered in anyones face no one spoke

My lifestyle  removed half the country away does not appeal to any of you nor was I was appealing

I made a statement of fact

The article succinctly reiterated  backed me up

                                                   Eloquently          Didnt you think

I think . . it is odd.

 

Brother Be happy your wifes alive

                                          Your children grandchild within a stones throw

 

    I am not unhappy 

0003,  Saturday,  26  9. 26

0946,  Tuesday,  20  10. 26