her voice sounded like a rasp
dragged over a metal pipeKahrist
My
my my my my to himself
if she was a he he
would have laid into him
Though comon To be fair it seems a play for attention
Yah
chaffed him
Then go elsewhere an seek it please
he
disliked it when it seemed it Jeez three its
in five wordstha irritated him she
irritated him it seemed it might be one of those of days threatening
to go off the rails
En garde he said in a comic heavy French accent seeking relief
he turned his head to look at them
they looked uncomfortable bemusedconfused
En garde
Yah Whastha
A warning
On guard
still
bewildered
Used in swordplay Signifies to the principals to prepare to
fight
Assume
the position
Aah Why didntya just say assume the position
it
was definitely sliding towards being one of those days
Yagonnabe a fussbutt too
their laugh sounded like a bark
A fussbut . .
.
. Yah Exactly exactly like her
Pull the stick out of your ass
She wasnt tha bad
When
someone inserts themselves into a situationwas none of her business Anthen if she meant it why didnt she whispering
It was in the library
I was at the front desk she wandered up saw her coming on a beeline
Shaddup
woudya Please
You didnt say
No I didnt
If I had . .
.
. She triggered you . .
. .
Rude has tha effect on me
Didnt think you were thinskinned
Careful
Yare gettin on my nerves
Touchy
Thaswha happens when rude
appears I have little patience on
occasion
This being one
Deepseated
Yah
From where
Growingup Sufferin tha onerous a child ought to be seen
not heard onerous respect your elders Its
a twoway street
Havin
to explain likely you were latelater to
the game
Late
to roost
he only recently discovered that
was their Mariachi nomenclature Roost A
little demeaning A perch
Obviously
Whatever happened to whispering
in the library?
When Im seeking a solution to
benefit others . .
.
. An yourself
Yes Benefit me not wasting my
time As I was saying When Im seeking to help otherspossibly her anwhen we began our conversation she was
nowhere to be seen
She walked into the situation Chipped
in two cents
Shaddup
Damnright
leaving the library up a couple
of blocks crossing the street with the lightthe pedestrian light a driver making a right kept creepingup on him
in an electric vehicle he caught it out of his periphery slowing he looked through the windshield emphatically they gestured with their hand
Move it move it along would you sneering
no sooner than the vehicle could
clear him it accelerated at his heels the driver had to miss the ROAR of the engine they passed like a silent fart
across the street on the corner
he waited for another pedestrian light to cross traffic
cars made lefts in front of
him on an arrow
yellowlight
the pixelated Walker
appeared
as he watched for it it continuously occurred
to him tha had the Powers Tha Be been sharper they would have reached out
to might have only had to paid Crumbs to Robert Crumb the artist to use his Keep On
Truckin’ caricature the BIG STRIDIN SOLE
singlefootedly
creating more pedestrians SAVING THE
PLANET he thought Crumb would have been
cool his Keep On Truckin’ coast to coast
as he was nearly across the streetcrossing
the righthand turn laneeyes right he watched some clown drive up over the curbtwo
tires on the sidewalk two on the street to get around the car ahead of it just behind where the righthand turn lane began
Kahrist
could help himself the car dropped off the curb into
the lane he pirouettedround to walk
backwards to witness the calamity he saw coming that Yahoo missed
the
car gas engine
sped to the light only to have to stop as a large group of teenagers who had
congregatedwaited on the light were now strungloosely across the street
it braked its red taillights ferociously glaring
he could make out the drivers annoyancethe twitching irritation hand gesturing
the car they wentround on the curb
passed them
several cars that had been behind them passed
it certainly made it worth his while
to walk backwards up the street
Feel better
Yaknow Thank you for asking
My irritationby that single
action has almost been effaced All I
need now is to find a penny on the ground to set me free
Just a penny
Just a penny
1245, 2sday,
18 7. 23
1030, Thursday,
20 7. 23
