Woudya stop
Me stop. You’re the one in
denial.
Christ everything with these clowns seemed like an
argument theyll disagree with him
slightly agree with him slightly shades of pale wanting to appear more than relevant anyet telling them they ARE relevant doesnt
satisfy them
Did you cross your fingers behind your back?
If I did one of yawoud have seen
me Idve been reported by your collective unconscious Morse Code or however the hell ya
communicate
Ya got me surrounded yare at keyholes playing angles off lookingglasses
goofin around at my synapses calling to each
other Comon in the waters fine Surfsup
Yareally think I could cross my
fingers behind my back tell a lie to youse
If yah ya must be forgetful youse me
A facet of me but me
Somebody gonna acknowledge that please
since Denial was carrying the
ball she answered
he liked that his females cohorts had ballsbusted
his he hoped his boys were paying
attentionlearning something
That was a suicide attempt.
A cry for help not an attempt
It was an attempt, you put it out
in the world when you wrote about it, when you confided out loud, what? maybe
taking measure of the Universe?she sneered The Multiverse?
Yasaw as I saw He was docil . .
. . Asshole, he was a she.
A she A Mommalonglegs
A Daddylonglegs; she’s still a
Daddylonglegs.
Doesnt that strike you queerdon
answer lets play Would ya agree to harvester rather than
harvestmen mired again in the Daddylonglegs lexicon but but we could say opiliones
Wait for it
What are you talking about?
Wait for it
Waiting.
Comon a sense of humourwhy so dour
Might be my humourless time of month.
Plausible
But youve always been a bit curt
face could have been made of
stone he couldnt read her he wouldnt
want to play poker against her if she
didnt want such a big cut hed play poker
I’m waiting.
Actually I was
waitin so see if someone else would surface
At the risk of getting their ass
kicked . . out in the world?yah . in front of everyone?yah . Nah.
Ruling the roost huhbabe
For the time being.
Ah
You forgot.
Didn’t you?
Yare makin an ass out of yourself
Ya know better ya know better than try to provoke me
Once upon a time you were easy to provoke.
Once upon a time
Listenin
Been waiting.
Definitely a period not a comma
Damn she wasnt breaking character
Awright Opiliones
Yes, get on with it; formerly
Phalangida.
I thought briefly too Phalangilda
stoic
Gilda
I heard you. Clever.
You want me to
call you clever.
Thats unnecessary
Calling me clever
is redundant
Redundant? How?
Im clever without you saying That old wholesome gem It goes without
saying
So, thought, briefly.
If not
Phalangilda, what?
Opilioness
It would have played better
if you hadnt dropped Gilda on us
from the back of the room from
outside the door through the keyhole he heard snickers a couple of muted HAHAs
from inside his head
that was acknowledgment enough for him
she gave him stonyeyes
Ya can give that up It didnt work when my Mom tried
Oh my goodness! almost gay Sometimes I
forget you were birthed, had a mother.
Well sweetie
Im your Maw
You are, don't remind me; and what happened was a
suicide attempt.
A cry for help
She wouldnt have perched on the bottom of the tub patiently unmoved making her presence known
She didn’t make her presence
known.
a few Uh, I wouldn’t say that.
percolated from without and within
he
saw she was getting peeved
peeved and on her period wasnt good
Seems were getting unsolicited
acknowledgments
Nobody’s talking to th . .
. . Were always talking
Ya know better
However the fact remains
I gathered her up
in a glass she didnt resist I released her outside among the poppies she scrambled off
pretty as ya please
2348, Monday,
12 7. 21
1237, Twosday,
13 7. 21
