What the hell?

Were they honking at you

she glanced leftright I wasn’t doing anything.  checked her mirrors sharply

                                                                               Couldn’t have been me. I don’t even see who might have honked.

Goddamn horns

she laughed You’ve never really don’t care for them, I can remember Mom scolding you for not honking.

Then youll remember the times I had to stay her hand while driving when she went to hit it

                                                                                                Wha a pip

Oh definitely Mom. I remember her giving us kids rides to school, it seemed like every other day she’d hit the horn, sometimes, embarrassingly, lean on it.

She coud be impatient

Yes. But you were always so patient.

Ahno  No

           Yashoud have known me before you were born My patience actually had to grow to offset Maws impatient

I suppose . . that would have been necessary.

Yathink

        Jesus   Either getting behind the wheel or imbibing brown liquor made her someone else  Id ask she woudnt say    Never had any idea

But usually when we went somewhere as a family you drove.

Yes  Your memorys correct

And at night.

Always at night She had lousy nightvision

I have lousy nightvision.

Thas on Mom

Maybe that’s why she was an angry driver, her driving limited.

As I said no idea

                     A honks an accusation Though better than tossing a brick out the window

That’s it that was always your threat, heave a brick at someone.

Yah yah

          Reminds me of First World War biplanes shooting at each other with pistol

No. Really?

Yes

     Greatgrampa knocked one out of the sky with a watercooled machine gun from a church tower in France

Something else.

                    Heave a brick. You’re hilarious.

1345,  Monday,  22  1. 24

1314,  day-between-2-Ts,  24  1. 24

Anfield  Places We’ve Never Been  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOsTlTFOg8

https://www.artwarefineart.com/gallery/air-ace-shooting-his-pistol-cockpit-his-bi-plane

dwelt caused a welt on his brain  a sharpslapOUCH

                                                        Tha hurt

Whas tha about

Yakiddin me

               When was the last time we heard someone say write dwelt

Me  Not in recent memory

   Let us think

Ive beatya to it

No

     You an we think differently

How Were cookin with the same pots an pans same utensils cutlery seasonings spices

Not really  not same proportions unseenthumbs on the scale

                                                                You  Lookin in over our shoulders

No small task

No

     We purposefully crowd together to crowd out your eyes We know youre lookin

Ill concede

             I am a voyeur

You are

         But so are we   We compel you

Like  The power of Christ compels you

No

     Hilarious

Thankya  Always a hankerin got it tucked in my back pocket to pull outPlay

You do

         We also recognise tha   So

Yes   So

Not in recent memory Was a big deal in the nineteenth century

                                                                      Tidhar played it

He did

         Hes a fascinating writer

Otherwise you woudnt read him

I woudnt

Surrealism autowriting cut-ups kicked it off for ya

You remember

Some of us Not all of us

                           Some were late to the game

Game   Me

Yes Yes

          Kinda like ridin a rollercoaster without seatbelts

You remember tha too

Yes Coney Island   When it was in disrepair

It was

But to be fair yadid goad the operator

Come on

            Aint it like me to goad virtually everyone

It is

     We try hard to be your goadherder but fail considerably more than were successful

I appreciate your diligence

                             Occasional victories keepya coming back

We adore challenges  Keepem comin

Will do

his mariachi dwelt in the marledmire coilsanfissures of his brain

1410,  2sday,  23  1. 24

1547,  2sday,  23  1. 24

he laid him rightup behind the 8ball

a near impossible shot on his

told him

           Youre absolutely scratchin  absolute riled him    absolute incensed him

absolutely why he did it

got into his head

                   which was a bleeding shame

people shouldnt be able get into others heads

   no one could get into his

ignoring people was his super power

could flip it OFF an ON like a welloiled welltoiled switch

half to begin with were missing

                                      MEN

useless to him

of the remaining half morethanhalf fell away too

slimpickins remained to be obscured

                                        dialeddown anaway

A WAY

         his way

an 8ball was riding on the game

                                     cocaine

boy had a big mouth

should have kept his trap shut in the pool hall

a disinteresttrusted party held his fivehunredcash held maroons 8ball

                                                                              clowny never saw him comin

sat in a boothhis back to the tables

                                      watched

in the mirror above the bar

                             called

playin angles

he scratched

tough way to lose

let himself down

                     Thank you for the game

took his cash the 8ball

                                Now  whadafuck he thought  he didnt like cocaine

Whawha  wha to do

   hed think of something

                               eventually

eventually

1643,  Reggaefriday,  12  1. 24

1234,  2sday,  23  1. 24

Vonnboyd  Hyyer  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTXZX60pxiA

This is how I do it 

                                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAGRgCepK-s 

preachesreaches outround to those who have ears

                                                           Listen

he couldnt boast his best score

it hadnt happened yet

                            hed know it 

how to do it

feel it

        while it was happenin 

YA KNOW

              Ya just know

feel it in every fibre

in the seams of his soul

                            if he had one

could feel it GO

               GO baby GO tearin it up

secondplace not in sight

not even a sensation

so far ahead

leader

without followers

   alone

              allalone

This is how ey do it

2139,  Monday,  22  1. 24

1139,  2sday,  23  1. 24

Bucky  Calling Your Name  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1njEMfrBEZ8

. . . an she wore a really tight skirt I had to wonder how she got it on

   She have the assets to pull it off?

Clever

I have my moments.

Yes  Ohbrother did she

How tight’s tight?

You tryin to imagine

I am.

          I imagining tight . imagining . weel, imagining her asserting her assets.

Chinyour chin A bit of drool

exaggerating he wiped it with his sleeve

                                          So tell me.

Awright Ill put it this way

                               If she satknees together the hem of her skirt could slice off fingers slit wrists

   That’s visual.

Lemme tellya

She sounds lethal.

Deadly

0909,  2sday,  23  1. 24

The Power Station  Some Like It Hot  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw1t7OCESUw

Trumpvirus

              no fucking way hed let it go

the former couldnt call him a man

                                   owned it

onemilliononehunredthousandninetythreeanfortytwo Americans 1,193,042 are dead today

when he last checked 7January  onemilliononehunredninetyoneansixtyfive 1,191,065 had died

a difference of onethousandninehunredseventyseven 1,977 or onehunredthirtytwo deaths 132 a day

former could care less

   the former could care less

                                 he was still around  kicking

waking every morning he checked his newsfeeds

                                                   Nope  the clown was still around

1618,  Monday,  22  1. 24

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

he liked raw gumption

was like big dumplings in homemade chicken soup or dumplings on the side with freshcreamery butter freshground peppercorns

was like chunky potato soupskins left on like heavy beefstew like heavy chili and buttered cornbread like tiered vegetable cheese lasagna

                              gumption

heavy in his belly

stout

        bold initiative

on-line dating

                he queried five words that describe you in descending order

hed give the site a month

not once

           gumption

he dropped it

he was invited by a friend to see a movie with a group of his friends hed be odd man out

they had a bite at Cajun restaurant first

in line standing behind a couple they were having a disagreement that they entered the restaurant with he told her Will then, buy your own dinner.   I didn’t bring any money.   Too bad, huh?

he gently thumped her shoulder with the back of his hand

she turned

Gotya covered

Thank you. she turned back to her boyfriendhe had also turned to face them He’s got me, he’s got my dinner.

   And you . . . you can go to hell.                                                                                             

overhearing her he thought Girls got gumption

she turned to him again

                          Why I’ve put up with his shit this long . . well . my father taught me gumption, and I’ll be damned why I didn’t go to it sooner.

Relationships demand compromise

Tell him that.

he sidestepped her to face him directly  Relationships demand compromise

he replied You don’t know me, you don’t know us; I’d appreciate it if you’d keep your sorry advice to yourself.

   he turned his back on him

her shoulders formed a thruline between them

soft tears glazed her eyes

she kept them

                  clearing her throat I’m sorry.

No sorrys please

No. I’m sorry because I’ve developed an appetite.

Im happy to help

Helping me more than you know.

Thas thanks enough

   How the hell did I misplace my gumption?

he smiled

she smiled bigger such a joy   delicious dimples  she lightedup

                                                                     Doesnt matter Found it now

Sunday afternoon,  21  1. 24

1237,  Monday,  22  1. 24

The Tokens  The Lion Sleeps Tonight  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlByoPdG6c

. . . yasay anchorite I says anchoret neither say achoress  lets call the whole thing off

                                                                                            he sighed deeply  Arya an idiot

But you are like a hermit.

A hermit

You don’t see people socially.

I see you

Who else?

No one else he would have left it at No one but he liked how else soundedhow it felt in his mouth  But an anchoret is a big swing an a big miss  Ya know wha it isyah

A recluseas I said . a hermit.

Theyre someone whofor religious reasons withdraws from secular society

                                                                                 Yaever meet anyone more secular more salacious more fuckyou than me

   I . . Iah . I can’t say that I have.

Ill assume you didnt understand the religious aspect

I did not. Though . . someone said.

Go find someone an set em straight afteronly after ya find out for yourself   DO  NOT take me at my word

You’re good for your word.

No matter Learn for yourself  Youll be able to carry the wordyourself more true

                                                                                       Neverever take anyone at their word

Hell I didnt take my parents at theirs

  Not your parents?

No  I take no one at their word

1600,  Reggaefriday,  12  1. 24

1124,  Monday,  22  1. 24

Emily Mei  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwNVlkiA_fo

                                                                   Mie kind of grrl

though continents apart

they run in the same circle

                               ostensibly

You ought to be ashamed of yourselves

                                            those who prefer to shame sexuality need to pull their heads out of their asses

hed be patience with them

                            hell

hed even help em showerwash their hair bringem round

                                                              convince em

they were the perverts

if consenting adults

                       nothings  off the banquet table

those

       shy ones at some orgyDISmissed

wouldnt be missed

Where the freaks

his freaks

              patience

eventually theyd find each other again despite efforts to keep them apart

think of beadspearls of mercury from a broken thermometer

                                                                 they find each other again innately  intimately

1958,  Sunday,  21  1. 24

2146,  Sunday

Charlie Rich  Behind Closed Doors  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHaLjPP4bok

Gary B B Coleman  The Sky I Crying  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Gt46aX9Z4

fingered phonekeys looked up   Wha

                                         that wasnt Medford Oregon Medford Idego

Idego

        looked suspiciously like alterego to him   Agree

Johnny on the spot Whaever yasays boss

No Either agree or disagree

Bit of a stretch

Awright   Options

they huddledup

                 skull crammed with alteregos Mariachis freespirits freethinkers

a communalcluster

   Nope

he dug thathey were succinct oneworded

                                           something he had to work on he was loquacious subject to rant  didnt know when to quit

ramrods don

                however

thas whaya get when a dam bursts

when he goes he goes

                       little maiden with her finger in the dike  washedaway

   he hoped theyd find her body

fishfood

aquamation

             not hefelt a way to treat terrestrialgrounded remains

for himself he saw a tasty pyre

                                maybe a bit perverse  someonesweatin basting turnin the meat

if he were therenot the meat

hed eat

       knew where the carcass had beenhad been fed had ingested  had maintained itself   not injected with steroids antibiotics   fleshspoiling inside out

   Medford Alterego

                        woudnt be a bad state to come from

1023,  Sunday,  21  1. 24

1655,  Sunday

So . . you’veah heard of theah . Flynn Effect?

cocked his headsmirked  Flynn Effect   Nah Cant says I have

                                                                   Though if I may

Yaever catch yourself

he shrugged  Catch myself?

Yah

Iah . . . Iah don’t know what you mean.

he appreciated his pause  asif he actually gave it some thought  Yaoughta

   You read somethingsomething tha obsesses you anya think I need to know anrather than just saying albeit your segue your inference   I ought to anif I don Im deficient

                                                            Im gonna guessHAdeduce according to your few tropes  Effect Statistics  Yare determined to tie IQs to things you believe are measureable which ad nauseam  ya know I coudnt care less  anwhich ya also know  rather than effectively saying So I’ve been reading statistics and there’s this thing called the Flynn Effect.

Rather than being accusatorial yacoud try to be informative

                                                               No matter   Carry onsally forth

That’s not what I’m sayin . .

. . Save it for the jury Im judge  Ill overrule

                                                Explain to me Flynn Effect

Long story short. We’re getting smarter.

Flynns not moving the goalposts

Goalposts?  What do you mean?

Is onehunred still the gold standard for average mean intelligence

It may have been adjuste . .

. . Standards shouldnt be adjusted

                                     Why theyre called standards  baselines

Experts can adjust . .

. . Not standards

                  Lowing standards give away the game If anything they ought to climb educational tools are evolving not that I would evolve with them  I got books

They’re experts.  You won’t concede to experts?

I havent heard the argument although  commonsense tells meexperience tells me  what goes up will come down

   Is there an opposite Flynn Effect

Opposite?

From where I stand lookin out over across America People are getting dumber  Ansome seem to welcome it   Tell me wha to do   JUMP   How high they cry

   I'm not familiar.

Please Find out before yautter another word

You can . .

. . No  You

            Yabrought Flynn to the table your ball   Or arya gonna leave an take it with ya so the game cant go on   Like a little bitch

1555,  Reggaefriday,  12  1. 24

1514,  Sunday,  21  1. 24

Flynn Effect  https://thedebrief.org/new-study-reveals-sharp-decline-in-american-iq-scores-as-the-reverse-flynn-effect-takes-center-stage/

P!nk  Whataya Want From Me  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAn0VfB2H5s

etc. doesnt please him

etcetera

          hes cool

recently a friend texted him geol figured he ought to be able to deduce what he meant

  :   :  What is geol?

he texted back  :  :  geology.

  :  :  Are you so lazy that you have to save three keystrokes? Jeez.

he despised IL had been Ill. he wrote Illinois  Ind. was Indiana as he wrote it then IN  Ohio didnt have a three character abbreviation likely his friend may have written Ohi then it became OH

didnt buy intodidnt dig abbreviations nicknames

                                                    any more than acronyms

friend texted  :  :  BS

he replied  :  :  Bachelor of Science? balance sheet? bill of sale? British standard? bowel sounds? breath sounds? bitchslappin him Bishop Suffragan?  

  :  :  What the hell? Why do you have to be so difficult?

  :  :  Why don’t you write what you mean? Each BS I wrote is legit.

  :  :  Bullshit.

  :  :  Ah.

  :  :  You’re not going to say?

  :  :  What?

  :  :  Bishop Suffragan.

  :  :  BS  Aw, a bitch huh?   Look it up.

etcetera

          late Middle English  Latin from et “and” and cetera “the rest”

usually at the end of a list that is too tedious or cliched to give in full

                                                                        rabid Marketing fine print at the bottom of the page

Bub Got a magnifying glass

For what?

The fine print

Ohplease, you’re not really going to read it.

Oh Okay  Ill take it

You haven't signed. You can't have it until you've signed.

Oh  Okay Whadoes it say

You have to read it.

Have you read it

I’m not the purchaser.

Oh  Okay   Yawanna sell it to me Read it to me

                                                         thawas the kind of prick he was being made out to be

not that he minded it one iota

                                not one

1804,  Saturday,  20  1. 24

2355,  Saturday