I aint sayin somethings wrong  but something aint right thats what woke him

                                                                                 it was raining there was a pack of wolves

for the dogs they kept their distance

the pond outside the cabin had overflowed its banks narrowly cutting the dirtgravel road

walking up the stones under the illfitted cabin door he could see the roof hadnt leaked  hed make a fire

between the people and dogs   They can stay outside.   They aint werent for them some wolves might be fighting over your bones

             between everyone it was going to be a tight fit

night was falling

felt particularly heavy

                           daunting

what to do with a daunting night

   daunt back show teeth

                              barking up the wrong tree to think well rollover

We’ll?

          You.

Wrong

         I aint sayin you aint overestimating yourself  youre underestimating me

I get tha often

it was his secret power super power

he didnt sleep he kept the fire stoked

                                       kept his eyes on sideway eyes one at a time wolf muzzles probing under the door

a revolver rested in his lap

   the rain brokeSUN cut the cloudsblazing hotwhite slipping between breaks and cracks in the chink painted the soft secretive motes that floated in the air

                                        the intense brightness penetrated sleeping eyes waking them

as they rousedpulled off woven hatsscratched their heads he pumped water into a coffee pot tossed in handmilled coffee and hung it over the fire stoking it again

tossed some potatoes into it laid out hardtack pointed to the sieve and tin cups

                                                                                    Im laying down

he laid on a handtied rug with the sun creepingup his back

he was out

 

I aint sayin somethings wrong  but something aint right

        

                                                               . . . it was raining

AM,  Monday,  23  10. 23

Arya kiddin me

                  he turned to Bets  Is he kidding me

You’re turning him off.

Wha about youyou playing

I’ll play.

Excellent Want me to go first 

No no.

        You’ve probably already given it some thoughtI’d like to go first . . maybe open the door for Killjoy.   What’s going on with you?   

Nothing.

Nothing? Certainly acting like it's something.

Hes offended by lactation  Hes a prude 

Donnies shoulders lunged forward feet didnt move like he had something to say but didnt

Man I don have a fuckin clue how your brain works I was breastfed brother sister were too  You say you wereI doubt it

Let it go. If I wasn’t a bit stoned likely I’d be on the sidelines with him.

I’m not on the sidelines.

You are its Bets turn  Ill follow 

                                    But youre not following mewont even follow to make me wrong

There there boys, play nice.

he turned his attention to her  Whadasay

   I’d . say . pear flavored.

Nice

I thought so. 

                 And . . translucent pearflesh colored.

Anagin

Thank you. 

             And bright cherryred nipples . .

. . Fadingedging off to aureole   Big or small

Yes.

      And justright aureoles.

Could I eat one of thoseone of your Gummi Bears

You can eat whatever you can fit in your mouth. she giggled obviously charmed how clever she was 

Im not greedy  Twos plenty

And yours?

   Mine  Yes

               To be honest thought occurred to me but I didnt ponder it  Id get between em an pound em he didnt say

Milky powderblue   A softer red  Large aureoles

Powderblue. Nice. 

                     Would you share a couple with me? I’m not greedy either.

the pair turned to Donnie 

Don’t look at me. I want no part of this.

   Joe.

Bets

It sounds to me that you’ve been with a lactating woman . women maybe . . . beside your wife . .

. . Before my wife

                    Yahyes  I have   Im fond Im a fan

Nuts.  I don't think I'll be forgetting that.

You sayin ya wanna get higher

Maybe . . . if I’ll forget . yeah.

he turned to Donnie Killjoy

                             You heard your girl friend  Fire up another bowl

Anybody else need something to drink

they did

              walkingup the porchsteps into the house

thought wasnt an offbeat ideawas certainly a playful one 

                                                                voluptuous lactating Gummi Bears

afternoon,  Monday,  4  9. 23

1830,  Sunday,  22  10. 23

Chrissie Hynde – Pretenders  I’m a Mother  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x30pMY-YlZc

The shit that comes up in my email Idve thought it go direct to Trash don stop at GO don collect $200

What shit? they asked

Tinder

they howled

irritated him

              I deleted it then followed through an deleted it from my Trash didnt want it leaving any trace fossils or thought of interest  I thought tha crap only came up on smartphones

You know what Tinder is?

Bets Youre a punk so you woud know

I know what it is.

You know wha it is Donnie because you pal around with Bets  Or   Because you went to twothree on-line dating apps

Ive fewer apps on my phone than children with phones  Zip interest anwhy children shoud have em is beyond me

It’s a hook-up app.

Whadaya mean when you say hookup Bets

To have sex.

acting it out Donnie says Swipe right to like, left to dismiss.

Have you played An when someone lefts you does your phone play Wah waah waaah

What are you talking about?

I think when someone gets ditched there oughta be an audio tha goes with it You know furthur the humiliation broadcast it to people around ya while youre out

That’s not funny.

No. said Bets It’s hilarious.

Is Tinder available in all markets  Meat markets

Its geosocial, yeah.

Geosocial  So ya mean your phone is pinging out your location

Makes sense, doesn’t it?

Christ Donnie Ive disabled my G P S but it makes sense ifya wanna get laid

That sounds crass.

Each his own

                 Aahmygawd

Bets caught his expression

                             Ya gonna say.

I am. Ought to be disallowed in Mississippi Arkansas Alabama Oklahoma East Texas Georgia 

                                                                                                    Kintucky

Jesus. Donnie shakes his head

An I think if humiliated wahwaah waaah there ought to be an immediate video option tha allows you to be able to get down on your knees an beg I mean really beg  reallyreally beg 

                                                                   Fuckin hilarious

You’re not funny.

he glanced at Bets 

                      Methinks Donnie has suffered the slings and arrows of WAH

afternoon,  Monday,  4  9. 23

1212,  Sunday,  22  10. 23

Wah . . .  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LukyMYp2noo

Who  Won’t Get Fooled Again  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtb10ZwbReY

. . . How much

She said six grand. 

he flinched

I said six grand.

I heard ya

You didn’t say anything

   I was thinking

                   An how old you say she is

Fifty early fifties.

Why

      Why did she say

I didn’t ask.

Shes fifty  She confides she had a breast augmentation an you were incurious as to why  In a relationship pursuing one

I don’t know I didn’t ask.

Look at me

dramatically he set his coffee down on the outdoor café table and looked up at himWhat? 

                                                                                                anger beginning to crowd his features

If hes thinking to get angry he ought to hold onto his socks  Ill drive him over the wallround the corner

                                                                                                  Thought as much

As much what?

Unenthusiastic  Dead behind the eyes   Euthanised

What the fuck are you talking about?

How can you be so freakin incurious a fifty year old opts for a breast job . .

. . She’s had one before, then had them removed, and now she’s had another . .

. . She admitted that

She did.

She confides in you anya let tha swing in the breeze havent a question any questions any curiosity

About what?

Shes fifty She look thirtyfive

No.

Stymieing me No

                   How old does she look

Older.

Fuck me

         Older than thirtyfive forty fortyfive  older than fifty fiftyfive

Older.

Than

Than?

You heard me

                Where did this conversation take place

At a party a gathering

That twice a year high school reunion . .

. . It’s not twice a year.

Maybe not but as affectionate as you are talking about it throughout the year it feels like twice  She wasnt in your class

No.

A friend of a classmate

No.

An acquaintance or relation of a friend of a classmate  a partycrasher

Cat got your tongue   

What’s with all the questions?

Noyadidnt

What?

A question You asked a question

It was none of my business.

She made it your business

It’s none of my business.

Evasive  Lack details

                       How is it most things you paint with such broad miserable miserable strokes

I get along with . .

. . You don wanna cross anybody You wanna be Mr Nice Guy 

                                                                    Milquetoast ya understand

You’re no nice guy.

No  I aint

afternoon,  Monday,  4  9. 23

1048,  Sunday,  22  10. 23

Alice Cooper  No More Mr. Nice Guy  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huKbLK5aC6Q

Whastha kids name  From the new Dune flicks

Ooh . . Timothee Chalamet. she sighed

Thas it

         Bets   Didya just sigh

I did. He’s dreamy.

YahI don see it but youre a chick  he laughed

                                                    Hows he spell his name   took out  pen and paper

T I M . .

. . Yah Timothy

   . . . O T H E  E

Arya kiddin me

No.  Hothuh?

   No

       Donnie  Ya listenin to your girl friend

turning his attention back to Bets 

                                     He strikes me effete  His last name  How do you spell tha

He’s not effete.

Not to you  Last name please

Chalamet  C H A L A M E T.

Thank you

Why?

Well given your sigh an defense  had a thought percolatecrawl through my head  I think youll appreciate it more than cherries

Would you quit?

I am I am

           Howbout this Chalamet on a charcuterie board  A delicacy   Methinks youd agree

   she eyed him pokerface

he pokerfaced her back

she cracked a smile

                      That’ll get you back in my good graces.  Chalamet charcuterie.

Donnie harrumphed What the hell, am I chopped liver?

Arya not listening to the tone of her voice

                                             Yaint makin the board

   That was very thoughtful of you, Joe.

Owed ya Bets Boys will be Buoys

                                      Thanks for sparing me verse

afternoon,  Monday,  4  9. 23

1647,  Saturday,  21  10. 23

The Buoys  Timothy  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXn0uIF60iU

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2100,  Saturday,  21  10. 23

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twisted like a worm penetrated by a fishhook

                                                        bait

couldnt help himself from baiting him

Why do you have to go there?

Because it troubles you so

It doesn’t . .

. . It does      Absolutely

he rolled his eyes

Ya gonna disagree   Absolute zero

                                     Zero degrees Kelvin minus twohunredseventythree degrees Celsius minus fourhunredfiftyninepointsixtyseven degrees Fahrenheit Absolute zero lowest limit of the thermodynamic temperature scale Ive been boning up state at which enthalpy an entropy of a cooled ideal gas reach their minimum value  Molecules atoms do not move

That’s theoretically absolute. Thermodynamics, if I’m not mistaken, has proven it is impossibl . .

. . Not necessarily  Possibly improbable but not impossible

                                                              Because understanding impossible correctly woud suggest it is an absolute   Physicists  Quantumphysicists may not be there just yet  but theyre mighty close

Then it is not an absolute, is it?

And  impossible

                   If impossible its already   absolutely not possible    Or am I incorrect

   Can we get off this ride?

One other thing

                    Authenticity Is tha an absolute    Either one is or they are not

I think that’s subjective.

Think or believe

                  Degrees of authenticity  Flip a silver dollar heads authentic tails inauthentic  One or the other

a stick in the mud I think it’s subjective.

By whos flipping it or if they let the coin hit the floor it balances perfectly on edgefalls  neither one way or the other

Now you’re being ridiculous.

Arent I usually  according to you 

                                   More often than not

More often.

But not absolutely ridiculous

Shaddup.

afternoon,  Monday,  4  9. 23

1258,  Saturday,  21  10. 23

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laying out around the pool sipping something tall and cool  subtlehint of liquor he didnt ask what it was  was satisfied fingering the sweaty hurricane glass

                                        looked like there was a cherry in it

Is that a cherry

A Luxardo. she said looking over her sunglasses

I don know whatha is

Are you a cretin? still looking over her glasses

Possibly  not usually keen on foofoo drinks  An this is

                                                             Luxardo

An expensivevery expensive maraschino cherry.

he looked hard into her eyes over the top of her bronzelensed glasses

                                                                          This is the first cherry Ive ever had

In a drink

she pushed her glasses up on her face

What are you two talking about? her boy friend asked

Cherries

The Luxar . .

. . No  Cherries

he tipped his head like a cockerspaniel hafexpected him to scratch his ear with his foot too

                                                                                                 What cherries?

Have you had a cherry before

he looked at Bets What’s he talking about?

What he said. she said

Joe. What are you talking about?

As I said he exclaimed he was an idea guyplanted seeds they could grow into whatever they wanted

That’s loaded.

It is

       Bets Ya checkinout

I’m not interested in the conversation.

both Bets and Donnie had streaks of prude in themsometimes more than others   but always

First dates thought hed keep it in fruit

                                       Count as foreplay Anasone who says so theres no confusion where I stand  Not suggesting one way or the otherrather just to say   I think its foreplaybasic foreplay   It may also go no furthur

Jesu . .

. . Careful Donnie Lets not offend Bets sensibiliti . .

. . I’m not offended, I’m not as religious as you think I . .

. . You cite verse Im adverse

When it’s appropriate I don’t mean to offen . .

. . You don

               

You can’t offend Joe.

   No Bets Yacant

                     Ya have to care to be offended an I don care Youre welcome to all the verses youd like but knowagree  you cite em

I know I do.

So you two lets quit beatinround the bush an stick it in

                                                              First date foreplay

Do you have to say it like that?

Donnie

Really . . do you have to say it like that?

Ive said it two different ways an said what I think  The world aint gonna quit turning because of our answers

they lifted their glassessipped their drinks through straws 

                                                               he ditched his

they werent saying

unifying

          in quietude

Awright then Another subject

                                   Boob jobs Augmentation Or disarticulation   Disarticulation

he wasnt gonna say what he meant

                                      let em chew on it as they were chewing silently on one of several Luxardos in their drinks

he only had the one

                       he sucked on it noisily returned it artfully to his drink  savored his cherry

     

afternoon  2-ish,  Monday,  4  9. 23

1153,  Saturday,  21  10. 23

The Archies  Sugar Sugar  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om5O6GL7cLY

Robert Rauschenberg

                        a fascinating Cold War artist whos name he consistently misspelled Sorry Bob  Rawschemberg  which immediately disintegrated  Rochambeaugrr an Roshambogrr grr smalldog growl  Rock Paper Scissors

couldnt help himself

no filter

unbound

            was no Prometheus feeding eagles

although he was confident that Bobby wouldnt be offended if he were alive

                                                                                 certainly not the man who said

Nearly everything that I’ve done was to see what would happen if I did this instead of doing that . . . art shouldn’t have a concept.

which was exactly why he wrote

                                   to see where it went

traveled without a destination

                                or destiny

he didnt want to endup there

1220,  Thursday,  19  10. 23

1011,  Saturday,  21  10. 23