Iron
Butterfly
off Ball
wasnt a favorite of his when he
was a kid -- but after In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida it was gonna be
tough for anything to stand up beside it
Da-Vida tipped the table scales
in its direction and all their other songs had to cling and claw and shiver
their way towards its rarefied ether
few cut it
not too many years later on Key
Biscaynes Crandon Park beach he was introduced to a buxom Davida nicely browned
up for a Brooklyn girl in a pale green bikini who wore her blueblack hair in a
sweet jewfro and strands of love beads round her throat that crept awkwardly
between her breasts to one side or another or perched just so disbelieving their fortune to sit
perfectly still on the swell of one breast or the other
he wanted to do that too
she knew it
a girl couldnt have a rack like
that and not know it
Davida
he was Hells bells named after
In-A-Gadda named no
that was ’68 shed been crawlin the planet since before Butterfly
wrote the song
he said Davida
she gave her lip an Elvis curl snarl
Yeah Davida Fathers named David and if I were born a boy Id be named
David too yet somehow I didnt dodge that bullet Davida Fuckin Jew
Sorry Got ya I ducked Robert Could commiserate if Senior tagged me Robert
Junior
Fuckinwhat are you
Polish
Fuckin Polish Fuckin Catholics Guess its the religion if Jews ooze in
Israel Catholics cum in Poland
Wow Thats sayin sumptin
Were Jews
were outspoken At least in my
family My familys brilliant Really
Mine aint Were salt of the earth the backbone
lifting shovels swinging axes and hammers the brute in brute force
Your eyebrow
he touched the scar at his left
eye
Yah Ya learn to duck after the
first time Tho I wasnt brutish Defending a smaller kid against too many
Too many
I said we were the salt of the
earth Not bright Apparently not bright like you Jews
she folded her arms under her
breasts which just further emphasised their size
he was done not observing them
they chitchatted
broke the ice
it would be obvious if he didnt
acknowledge the elephant in the room on the beach
Got sisters built like you he said dropping her eyes to her breasts So mebbe while we aint bright like you were built like you
she smiled jostled them briefly with her folded arms
I appreciate you understand Im
admiring them
Admiring
I think admiring is a deft
description of what Im doing an
continuing to do and he did
he brought his
hand up and with a pointed finger touched a red lovebead on her breast
just above the kiss of her bikini top just above the faintest outline of her
nipple
Id
love to be that bead
Youd love to be that bead More than
be yourself
lifting his finger from the bead
and his eyes back up to her face
If myself ends
up where that beads at
No
Well I cant say Ive ever had been part of an
introduction quite like this before
No Me either
But then weve never met before Id
say were promising Brains and brawn
Breasts breasts too
How
could I not recognise acknowledge your intelligent breasts Davida Davida
We gotta do something about Davida
What might you suggest
You havent any nicknames
Nicknames Im not sharing any pet names my
family has for me
No No thank you Thats more Yiddish than I care Unless its food I do like the
Jewish palate and their dishes
You do
I do Gawds knows since Im Polish some Jew might
have sneaked into the lineage You see wed
fuck anything . . . that would let us Ah hmm
What do you mean ah hmm
Trying to set the table Eke out a
nickname
Is all your eking centered around
sex
You gotta sex nickname
What
If you do we dont have to make up
a new one
What
Are you sure your intelligent You
seem to be falling behind
You said sex nickname
I did
You do
Have a sex nickname
Yes
What
Thats it right there dont stop
he raised his eyebrows at her
Youre so full of shit
Fun huh Nickname for Davida Who
if I call Davida Ill think of her dad an thatd be a horrible cockblock
Youre so assured youre to
cockblock
You so assured I wont
Im assured it isnt happening
unless I want it
OH Youll want it
But it takes two to tango an mebbe I wont wanna put out for you
Put out for me
Seems to be an echo at this beach
Youve tried that line before
I dont have lines I say what comes to mind an dont get between
it and me Pure Uncut
Deliberate
Well
Wellwha
Well Refreshing
Like a breath of fresh air an
without your Brooklyn accent Or Jewish
accent Freebird Lynyrd Skynyrd
Im not familiar
Then you aint so smart I spose
Ill have to teach ya
Teach me
If ya wanna learn
Sounds nice
It does
he never came up with a nickname
for her
their relationship went off into
all sorts of wonderful strange
until David pulled his cockblock
threw her religion in her face and she
relented
you can evidently
take the Jewess out of Brooklyn but not the Jewish out of the girl
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