Cremation.

             crumbled out of his mouth

Yah  Sure

    She called you for your birthdaysang happy birthday to you . . . . and in the ensuing conversation . . somehow . how’s beyond me . . . you end up talking about cremation . death?

Yah

    Why would you do that?

It was conversation

It was your birthday.

                         I’d think things would be light, would be gayhappy.

Cant say gay

               Nearly tripped over yourself illegitimatelycorrecting yourself   Gay

An adjective lighthearted  Carefree

Once upon a time.

Still

       Ill be damned if Ill let homosexuality coopt confiscate  dominate it

They already hav . .

. . Maybe in your book  Not mine

                                       Butya did say

We agreed we were going to be cremated

I asked her where she wanted her ashes spread or contained

                                                                     She said spread

This is unbelievable.

Youre going to be cremated

I am.

Then it shoudnt be an issue

The issu . .

. . Your issue

Yes yes.

           Yes my issue but . . . .

You tell her how you’re going to be disposed?

    Disposed

Spread.

Better  Thank you

                      I did

What did she say?

She liked my idea

Then she said?

Yes She said she hasnt decided yettheres  some     some   she getting pushback from her daughter who struggles with the concept

She did say she thought Mackinac Island the Grand Hotels flower garden

                                                                             Her daughter near went apoplectic

They don’t let people scatter ashes in their gardens.

I told her to either ask or   or be stealthy

                                            Offered a solution

A solution.  Really. stonyface

Of course  Simple   The Great Escape

    That’s supposed to mean something to me?

You saw it

I did.

Then it shoud

It doesn’t.

It shoud ifya put your mind to it

                                     Ifyadid Plain as day

Well you’re gonna have to shine sunlight for me.

The prisoners tunneled under the he got goosebumps  under the Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschaftsstammlaler Mans shaft stammers wha a wonderful word

What the hell does that mean?

Stalag

         Unknown to you because you love to shorthand things

Your proclivity to give eachaneveryone a nickname

It’s simpler that way.

    Theyre poor nicknames

I think peopl . .

. . People

             Who are these people

Others.

Who are these others

They find my nicknames inspiredclever.

    Whos they

                    But no matter  Mannschaftsstammlaler

You don have a mans shaft he cringed

    I get it cringe deepened

But I digress discovered cringiness wasnt a bad look on him

                                                        I told her to tell her daughter to get a pair of pants  bootcut  looselegged

Shake a leg lose the ashes  Coud spread her mother effortless

Jesus.

       You’re demented. was shakinoff his cringe

Yah

      Creatively so

Grim.

Not really

            I made her laugh

You made her laugh about having her ashes spread?

smiled  I did

              I told her her daughter coud tell people her mother got laid in the Grand Hotels flower garden

1111,  Wednesday,  9  4. 25

0928,  reggaefriday,  11  4. 25

Somewhere in Time  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhcUnpaVyzo

Stalag 17  Get Rid of the Dirt  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zugv1NdMj4

thirtynine

he made a fist with his left

gave him a beckoning look

    Wha

This is an egg.

they had been conversing  conception

                                        Awright

with his right fingers widespreadwiggling  approached his fist

                                                                    You know what these are?

Small sample size  But yah

                                 Though more appropriate if you had manymore arms hands  fingers

I gotta work with what I got.

I appreciate tha

                       Sperm

Yes.

        he jammed his middlefinger    Clever    between his tightlysqueezed fingers

Thank you. Clever. I thought so too.

How many million did your wigglefingers represent

    I don't know.

I do

You do? sarcastically

Yah I do

How many?

Range of each ejaculation approximately twohunredfiftymillion to fivehunredmillion  In rare cases such as myself   sixhunredmil . . 

 . . Ohbullshit.

No

phone was immediately out of his pocket

Youre fortunate Im not a betting man  Id take you to the cleaners

Like I’d believe you.

Vet me  Im just enjoying your screwedup face

                                                    Disbelief isnt a good look on you

I suppose we’ll see.

Youll see I know

 

    frustrated  What should I be looking up?

Average  sperm  per  ejaculate   Woud be a good start

Asshole.

Thad be sodomy wigglefingers cringed  Shoud I spell it

No.

 

    Here we go.

You go

Thirtynine to ninehunredmillion.

Thirtynine

Yes. That’s what it says.

Tha the ejaculate of an eightyyearold man

What?

Woudya quit with the faces

What are you talking about?

You said thirtynine

    I did.

Not tryin to trap you  Thirtynine

                                            You said thirtynine

I did.

Thirtynine sounds like the dribble from a dead mans cock after he died fucking

                                                                                    Sperm count after death

What the hell are you talking about?

Jesus

          Yadeaf to whaya said

I said thirtyninemillion.

Yadidnt

I did.

Yasaid thirtynine to ninehunredmillion not thirtyninemillion to ninehunredmillion

                                                                                   FUCKIN  HUGE difference

 

Ya also didnt say  Gosh     Youre right

I was right

Say it

begrudgingly

             You were right.

Anquit with the faces awready woudya

252preferred to 1452,  Wednesday,  9  4. 25

1255,  Thursday,  10  4. 25

past Saturday April5

                         on the heels of the HANDS OFF! demonstration in the city

he and buddy strolled over to a coffee shop

it had been a warm day

                         buddy to his surprise departed from his usualhad a large coldbrewed on ice shot of hazelnut couple fingers of cream

he went small Americano extra shot of espresso black

the young woman behind the counter asked if he might like an extrashot on top the extrashot he ordered  At no charge.

            Yahplease yadmake my day kiddo

she grinned  Makin’ it.

liked her  

          sharp kid

    takinup his Americano he saw buddy made his way to the back of the shop sat facing the its entry located between floor to ceiling panes of glass

                                                 he sat on one of two plushupholstered chairs separated by a small oval side table

when he sat he angled towards himheld up his paper cup Na Zdrowie

Na Zdrowie. they tapped cups

he was a thoroughbred

buddy recently discovered through AncestryDNA he had Polish in him

You know why tha is

    You have an answer why?

Yah  A polack will fuck anything

                                    kiddo in earshot  I heard that.

he turned towards her Im not apologisin Im a hunred percent

Well, I’m Polish too.

Caairful . . .  buddy said

he glanced at her cocked his head 

                                   Yabest get back to work kid 

she laughed outloud  infectious  he joined her she didnt cover her mouth made her that much more attractive

   ambling offglanced over her shoulder  asked

                                                   Anything or anyone?

Anyone

          so she could hear him    Christ shes cute

buddy nodded  She is.

                         Gonna make a play?

No

   Why not?

Two polacks

               Wed burned the house down

You think that much of yourself?

No

        Her

357preferred,  Saturday,  5  4. 25

1156,  Thursday,  10  4. 25

growing older he decided to throw down a gauntletchallenge    brutallychallenge  himself

    in addition to the various floor surfaces in his house  carpet throwrugs linoleum tile wood

he adoptedrescued a fourth feral

                                   little knuckleheads get underfootAND

bought himself new Adidas flipflops

feeling

        between their cojoined skillsets

                                         their

unique abilities to drop him

YES

         remain nibble  agile

or break his fuckin neck

not necessarily an exit strategy

                                    an Exit Surprise

understand

               his sense of humour has always been a bit    demented  

1658,  Tuesday,  8  4. 25

I know the hypnotised never lie

                                             Do you

I?

Lie.

        Is that the question?

I don know

Are you . .. suddenly .being insecure?

    Insecure

                    Not really my bent

Askin

   Asking me ..  if I’m lying to you?

        Yes

If I am?

Thas a stupid question

                              Say

I can take says

Lyin .. woud make me vomit

                                   Your opportunity to say  unequivocallyVOCALLY  ha

I wouldn’t lie to you.

No

     I woudnt think you woud  Sosay

No. I would not lie to you.

                             I think  ..you’d kill me if I did.

Anthey woudnt find your body

2343,  Tuesday,  8  4. 25

1247 0047,  Wednesday,  9  4. 25

Neil Young  Cortez the Killer  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX9k9aoX6gk

To be  or not to be

    they were casual interlopershe couldnt discourage them

                                                                 might say they came with the territory

inhabited

squatted

    most of the time they were a kick in the head

for the most part

                   he didnt mind

No not be  

          B

B

Yah  B

How do you mean

You were there

                  Woke us

Might have been asleeprubbin sleep out of our eyes

Aah

       It was a barrage

To B or not to B

This better be good

It is wha it is

You don like tha

I don but sometimes begrudgingly  Ill let it suffice

B grudgingly

Clever

Pray tell

It B gan begate   I stepped awayback so they didnt run over me

                                                                      Begate besotted beleaguered bewildered bedazzled bezanyed bent over  begone

Whastha mean

Beats  the fuck out of me

0750,  Tuesday,  8  4. 25

1230,  Tuesday

Joy Division  I Remember Nothing  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC2VrYUrJ0

tired of felon blowin’ smokeup his ass  Quit

HOWBOUT THE PRICE OF EGGS

1721,  Tuesday,  8  4. 25

Hmmm

          felon golfs  https://www.pennlive.com/news/2025/03/trumps-golf-habit-costs-taxpayers-millions-author-says-there-is-a-dirty-secret-about-the-president-on-the-links.html

                                                         blows off attending the return of four soldiers bodies who died in Lithuania during shared exercises  https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-golf-liv-saudi-lithuania-soldiers-return-veteran/

stinks a bit like Nero

                      fiddling while Rome burned  https://www.britannica.com/story/did-nero-really-fiddle-as-rome-burned

    Neros story  perhaps   mythic

felon  myopic dense

                      coud give two shits

ran to stay out of jail

 

1732,  Tuesday,  8  4. 25

felons TARIFFS terror

selfinflicted

              now theres an idea

had to wonder

                Whaif  whaif

he lifted a tariff  placed it against his head

                                              hed recommend in his mouth pointingup through the top of his head

if youre gonna do it do it right

    just wondering

idle hands the devils workshop

                                  however

God did save himGod  saved him

                                        maybe

to make a bigger splash

1437,  Tuesday,  8  4. 25

Where do you comeup with this shit aahlways shortening   Why

                                                                       Whastha about

Come on, vernacular among friends.

Friends  Every time ya squawk acronyms Im cool I dislike it an I let you know

                                                                                  Evidently  cant help yourself

Please  Askin again

                      Keep tha  between you an your other friends

F-zone

It’s obvi . .

. . Obvious   Horseshit

               

                              Means

F-zone.

            Friend zone.

Yare kiddin

Tha yours

That’s mine? What are you asking?

You made tha up

pride swept into his face I did.

Im thinkin  grammar school

                                  Yaint been there in a longlong time

Others would disagree.

Letem

        As I said  keep it between you an them

Better yet

Howbout F  W  P  B  ye  of F-zone    Or for tha matter F  W  N doubleA  B

In your wheelhouse

    Not comfortable  is it

I ought to stop

Yah

I don’t know.

Irritating

Honestly

A little.

Little is a lot to me

    Are you going to say?

Im gonnasay  An when retreadinem gimme credit

Again, what were they?

F  W  P  B

               F  W  N doubleA  B

deliberately  F  W   P what?

B  Think P  B peanut butter

Oh that’s good.

Yah  Good

                An

And?

Need paper an pen Got a folded piece in my book

If you wouldn’t mind.

No not at all

they crossed the park to a bench he set the paper on it

                                                            F  W  P  B.  Got it. The second?

Good

I have my moments, if I can borrow your line?

Youre welcome to

                       The second is F  W  N doubleA  B

F  W  N doubleA  B.  Got it.

    And they mean what?

Ya don wanna dabbleplay a bit withem before I let the cats out of the bag

No, no. shook his head

Friends With Parsed Benefit

An Friends With Now An Again Benefits

Yamight understand dropping the letters an sayin the words everyone woud understand

                                                                                              Unless

Your clique devotees need mystery  have to have jargon

     Tad too close to jagoffs for me

357preferred,  Saturday,  5  4. 25

1114,  Tuesday,  8  4. 25

Define sublime

    mused  Sublime.

                      Who uses sub . .

. . I just did you parroted me

                                     Define it

Lemmesee began taking his phone from his multipocketedwho the fuck needs that many pockets khaki cargo pants

Nono   No

              Not a dictionary definition

Gimme something from your own experience tha feltor you might describe sublime

    Youre older than me Sing your praises

Your enthusiasm is daunting.

Comon   Sublime

You usually say first when you ask.

Usually

          Not today   Dazzle me

    Nope.

Nothing comes to mind, ya came out of the blue.

Christ

        Goes off in my head popcorn popping

Truly

Nothing

    STOPwouldya  It looks like it hurts

A little embarrassing.

                          You’d thin . .

. . I think

You’d think I would.

Why I asked why I withheld an example

                                             Albeit it a modest one

You had one loaded up before you asked?

I did  A genuine refreshing memory

                                       Spurred on by tha Ive not been

That’s a loaded sentence.

repeated it in his head  Yes  now tha yave mentioned it

Ante up. 

could see he was growing impatient  buddy needed to work on that

                                                                   Happy to

My oldest friendknown since Cub Scouts my mother our Den Mother sent me a postcard Hemingways house in Key West Florida

Hemingway?

               You told me not the other day your were reading a collection of his Nick Adams storiesya lived in Florida Miami, two years, yadidnt make it to Key West?

I did not

          I fell in with a lively crew who liked to smoke dope drink wine fuck  At the time my focus

Two years?

Yaheard of the proverbial lost weekend

Of course.

Yah

       Lost two years made Dionysus proud

Tha thawas   a tough routine to break

    I’m not sympathetic.

Didnt ask you to be

                           I was thinking more along the lines of how   how yes pathetic youd have been

Your Daddy woudnt have approved

Like your parents cheered you on?

I said two years lost   Sent them postcards so they knew I wasnt dead

                                                                                 I like routine

But were movin offpoint  Sublime

Love postcards

His postcard   Mailed it in Key West

                                         Postmarked Key West

screwed up his face

    I said  modest

357preferred,  Saturday,  5  4. 25

0939,  Tuesday,  8  4. 25

Billy Joel  Movin’ Out  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJtL8vWNZ4o