When in Rome . . .

Why does it have to be Rome

                                 Poughkeepsie  word from the Wappinger tribe “reed-covered lodge by the little water place”  originally U-puku-ipi-sing  A Poughkeepsieian

When in Poughkeepsie do as the Poughkeepsieians do

You’re definitely high.

Were high our neat little trio is high  Got an idea

Does it have to do with . . Poughkeepsieians? Babette asked It's kind of a fun to say.  Poughkeepsieians.

Don’t encourage him . .

. . I need little or no encouragement

                                     Yawanna play a game

What’s your idea of a game?

Moby Babette  You swap sexes an list sevenin no particular order seven attributes which the opposite sex woud find attractive whas good lickingHA Freudian slip which I think actually means that Freuddefinitely had sexual hangups he also wore a slip under his worsted wool suit Tha said thas me 

                                                                        Sosay whaya think is goodlooking Ill write it down 

So, I list what a woman . .

. . You  Yare a woman now

I’m a woman now.

You might note Moby that Babette followedunderstood without question grasped it immediately Thanks Babette

You’re welcome.

Ah, you two are thick as thieves.

S’entendre comme larron en foire French idiom thick as thieves is from Useless information that roilsround inside my head I keep it stirred so nothing settles an gets scorched or burned

Moby and Babette looked back and forth between themselves

Ladies first in no particular order we can prioritise later if you like  Moby ladies first 

Moby had leaned back in his chaise lounge with his vodka tonic forgot he was a lady Ohshit that’s right, I’m first.

A, uh . . a man’s smile would attract me.

Babette didnt wait to be acknowledged BOOBS!

Theres them Thats one

                           Two

Hair.

Ass.

His height.

Also hair.

Big broad shoulders.

Long legged, got some stems on her.

His eyes.

Her eyes.

His voice.

Her voice, though more so in regards to her laughter, no cackling.

Jesus those six rolled off your tongues with little to no thought which makes me believeconfirms that there is little to no difference between men an women women an men in regards to wha the sexes find appealing Though I had thoughthoped wed delve deeper than mere physicality

You said attracted.

Babette nodded

Sense of humour Intellect

You said attracted.

Babette nodded

I supposed otherwise

                        Thasaid Number seven

And finally and foremost . . his package.

Her scent.

 

he then had them revert to their own skin 

                                             Again in no particular order Babette

Definitely his ass in jeans, work boots, maybe carpenter’s belt.

Her face, a really goodlooking woman.

His arms, biceps.

There, she’s proving my theory . .

. . Tha fuckin economic bullshit exchanges . .

. . His strength, his ability to protect her, provide shelter, security, what women really want.

Because she cant provide for herself caveman

                                                   Babette

His scent, smells fresh and clean, not a cologne.

Definitely boobs.

Christ Moby Babette showed more enthusiasm

Of course his package.

Her height.

Her height

She has to be tall.

Whas tall

At least fiveseven.

Average height in America is fivefour

His hair.

Her legs, cankles need not apply.

Big shoulders, his body ought to form a V.

Her smile.

Number seven, not pretty boy hands . . not manicured, I’d shit, no lacquered nails.

We’re at seven already . .

. . Ya didnt dive deep

Seven. Her lips.

Tha went quicker than I thought ya machinegunned it  Awwell thank you for playing participating  vetting

From a distance a Monet is beautiful Upclose not so much

                                                                 Whod like another drink

Are we going to prioritise? 

I coudnt take it

                 Lists are right here knock yourselves out I don wanna know  A fresh drink anyone

suntime,  Thursday,  9  6. 22

1134,  Thursday,  7  7. 22

he liked confidencehadnt lacked it since he quit stuttering as a youngster since they havent been able to shut him up 

confidence is revealed without a word it has a physicality in mannerisms how one carries themselves how they talk directly do not avert their eyes it is revealed in their walk

I saw you earlier this afternoon.

I missed you why didnt you stop me say hello

Couldn’t, I was a block and a half behind you.

They may not have been me

It was you, no mistaking you, it’s how you walk, the way you carry yourself . . unmistakable.

two other women who walked up on the water cooler overhearing their conversation nodded  We’d recognise you at a block and a half too, coming or going.

I did not know that

confident

competent

a competitor

              a quiet elaboration how one comports themselves

Whas not to like

Really. I think confident people are stuck up, full of themselves.

If they can carry water then whas your take

I’m uncomfortable around them.

  Why  Whas your consideration   Ive an idea

Nothing more than they make me uncomfortable.

Youll not put a finger on anything

No.  Being uncomfortable is plenty for me . .

. . Because you lack confidence

                                   they werent fighting words but they werent kind either he believed if his words were honest one shouldnt be upset by them any more than when someone is wrong shown they were wrong called out if necessary which usually has become the case now  people prefer to be right even when theyre wrong  he felt that they ought to be able to admit it when he was wrong he was untroubled admitting his mistake

I have confidence.

                    he wasnt convincing

Im not saying so to knock you Yare not confrontational its not in your makeup You prefer to get along Youll be agreeable just to get past the moment 

                                        However those are the moments when to stand correct the err before it can metastasise  poison others

Poison?  he asked harshly

Poison 

        Gangrene can cause the loss of a limb or kill the sufferer Why not try to help the sufferer before things go long If for nothing more  unable to dissuade them  that the next time they go to open their mouth theyre aware someone else might take up against them throw shade on them 

                                                     Theyre performers they want the bright spotlight they don wanna share a soapbox

So you want to help?

Aint grandstanding

                     We were corrected as children when we were wrong That shouldnt change because were older  Because were older we should have the grace to admit were wrong when we are wrong There is no shame Aint nobody perfect however we ought to strive for perfection Correcting one error at a time we grow closer

he almost mumbled  Then you do it.

I intend to  I will

1657,  Thursday,  16  6. 22

0948,  Thursday,  7  7. 22

Blood, Sweat & Tears  Spinning Wheel  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFEewD4EVwU

Oh . . you’re going to go to hell.

Lemme cite Lennon No hell below us above us only sky

No. You deserve to go to hell for that.

Really WhyId love to hear why

                                 Yare no fan of religion Id also imagine not its hierarchy either You started this with your bombastic broadside women are somehow superficial because theyre attracted to men in uniform military firefighters cops men in business suits a sort of uniform that invokes money power prestige

They are.

Ill concede the attraction although Im unwilling to concede they are superficial for it Men are no better not up a rung on that ladder ya kiddin me  theyre no better 

                                              Men dig women in uniform  naughty librarians Catholic schoolgirls nurses Japanese school uniforms stewardesses cheerleaders  Dominatrixes   Give me a freakin break 

                                                                                                      Therefore Im not off base  A gaggle of young healthy nuns flitting here an there barefoot on sandy adobe pavers running on green courtyard grass under old gnarly trees

But you said  Gag one of the gaggle.

I did

       Sister Beneficence  Had she not been hot when I was a boy I woudnt have taken my punishmentknelt on broomhandles for cracking up at Biblical stories she recited to us She stuck in my head for years

                                                                                                       Shed kneel on the wood floor across from me the epitome of her name Widespaced hazelgreen eyes wide nose high cheekbone lush mouth

Don't tell me you thought of gagging her then.

No not as a boy

                 Not till I was eleven after an older neighbourhood girl got her hands on me  Then I thought of Sister Beneficence   frequently

 

1657,  Thursday,  16  6. 22

1243,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  6  7. 22

Oh Tucker Tucker  Tucker . .

                                Yare such a tuckersuch a piece of shit

Tucker took a deep breath and began his disinformation “. . . their lives will not be better than their parents, it’ll be worse, that’s all but guaranteed, they’re not that stupid. And yet the authorities in their lives, mostly women, never stop lecturing them of their so-called (white) privilege, you’re male, you’re privileged, imagine that, try to imagine an unhealthier, unhappier life than that. So a lot of young (white) men in America are going nuts, are you surprised?”

FOXs defence of mass murder shooters & weapons of war 

televised Twosday,  5  7. 22

1555,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  6  7. 22

https://news.yahoo.com/tucker-carlson-points-finger-women-045131296.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADTUCR6o_JhW5ruYPLqZSMDg07RhOQUrxwDNgbnoxqCuYxu070A_VxveCmXE3G2v1UdezkAS-PyYIlPjVFortH9Mr8ksLdOGhGm2hXFp0MuRIFL8cHFKYE5_tjhZAInYkz2AelrBlm6X_DK43hTYyPsoJMI_3cYrqNqoKeiaDgm-

“If it bleeds, it leads.” FOX doesnt want its revenue stream affected       http://pepperdine-graphic.com/opinion-if-it-bleeds-it-leads-the-modern-implications-of-an-outdated-phrase/

Tom Nichols  https://thefederalist.com/2015/07/09/the-revenge-of-the-lost-boys/

Funny word. he said absently to himnot looking up after seeing his approach he was reading his smartphone as he returned to the table

A funny word

Yes. Flageolet. You know it?

since he was still looking down into his phone he wasnt going to vie with it for his attention he opted to fight absence with absence

I said it’s a funny word . . isn’t it?

Excuse me Wha

he looked up

              Flageolet.

Wha of it

You know what it is, the word means?

Yes Member of the fipple flute family sweet alliterationhuh  The flageolet ocarina recorder slide whistle tin whistle willow flute skin flute

                         Albeit that woudbe a fageolet  No disrespect intended

when he blitzed him like that Smartphone still preoccupied with the lightedscreen in his eyes couldnt hear well he couldnt do two things at once 

                                his face blanched as he finally looked up at himlooked him in the face  What are you talking about?

Whayawere talkinbout

I . . I wasn’t talking, I asked a quest . .

. . I answered ya

                   Frankly I answered ad nauseam  went seamy

he shook his head I’m not following.

Not on pointhuh 

miffed I asked you a simple question.

Which I answered

                    I don believe Im required to be simple in response  I  simply  said wha I knowwha I understand  Why I know it I have no idea although Ive been known to hoard useless information  trivial trivia

                                                                                                       You asked

It is a funny word

suntime,  ReggaeFriday,  10  6. 22

1140,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  6  7. 22

Eric Clapton  Driftin’ Blues/Rambling on My Mind  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLOn-CBICCo

contemporaneous notes

something many highprofile Republican leaders choose not to write its a Republican hallmark 

                                                                                                    if they did plausible deniability would go out the window which they thrive off 

they would unable to say No. I have no recollection of that.

                                                                No no, I do not remember.

Bush the Youngers bright boy AG Alberto Gonzales didnt remember anythingnothing  when he sought the resignation of eight US attorneys who were considered to lack loyalty to the president

                                                                           its kind of like a Fifth Amendment plea

a liars crutch

at the time he wanted to ask Gonzales if he remembered to sign his checks before mailing them wiped his ass

1729,  Saturday,  2  7. 22

1619,  Twosday,  5  7. 22

AG Comey was an exception

  a ten yr old girl

                     when immoral laws  laws violating the rights of the countrys majority should not be adhered to  

the Pariah that intonedcodified them ought to be turned out

                                                               they lied to gain their seats  they are not elected  they ought to serve at the countrys pleasure   displeased the majority Americans ought to encourage their resignation by the count of ten One . . . Two . . .

                                  Or . . . 

1409,  Twosday,  5  7. 22

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/10-year-old-girl-reportedly-forced-leave-ohio-legal-abortion-rcna36660?cid=eml_mra_20220705&user_email=e4c91d00eead6d858374885584701152a02c6d873bb23bf387b4583a289e5951

                        at the end of the trail   . . . Home 

AMish,  Sunday,  3  7. 22

hes been asked three times to “say a few words” at a funeral

to address mourning family and friendsacquaintances is not to say a few words   every word the recitation  people hang on them

he wanted to say No

We know “they” would be so very happy that you spoke on “their” behalf. Few knew “them” better than you. 

                                                                                                                             he knew their perverse sides let them speak freely withheld judgment

he was intimate

he wanted to say No

                           looking into their glassyteared eyes  Id be honoured

honour encapsulates a eulogy

                               late Middle English  from medieval Latin eulogium  eulogia from Greek  influenced by Latin elogium “inscription on a tomb”  from Greek elegia  elegy  a poem of serious reflection a lament

lament for the dead

                     from French lamenter  Latin lamentari from lamenta(plural)  weeping wailing

when he spoke he was unable to invoke the expectedprescribed weeping  or wailing

                                                                                           the House howled

he was irreverenthilarious  mourners wiped tears from their eyes with flourished handkerchiefs  tears from laughter

it was standup 

               he stoodup his dead friendswho they werewhy he loved them  ridiculouslyridiculing how they were misunderstood by their  audiences

1022,  Twosday,  5  7. 22

memorable obit  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/evil-does-eventually-die-scathing-obituary-published-in-florida-newspaper/ar-AAZbUWv?ocid=mailsignout&pc=U591&cvid=a4250e83f3c046f499468fc68efdb4db 

Animals  Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMDrTMnm1IE 

his subliminal roving Mariachi band in full regalia was listening

                                                                   Hes gonna push back

There aint no such thing

Come on, if the person was ethical, if they had a track record . .

. . Of benevolence

                  Whas benevolent Wha candidate can pitch Vote for me! I’m benevolent.

Come on come on, actions speak louder than words . . you could point to their achievements . .

. . Lauding their benevolence

                             Yare full of shit they may be running a gambitplayin the long game

The long game? To become a benevolent dictator?

Again the band squealed lummox said it again 

                                                     they screamed Dicktator                           

he tipped his head forward put a finger to his smile he heard them

                                                                       they screamed  Dicktaster

he tried hard not to laugh put a second fingers to his lips

You’re laughing, you’re not taking me seriously.

Oh Im taking you as seriously as I take your gibberish about computers datamachines making decisions for mankind

No ones benevolent Eventually their bottomline will surface like cream rising in whole milk their creamline apparent

They donwont share it until theyve arrived looking up he caught his expression WHA have faith

                                                                                                    Im all ears  Speak

I wasn’t going to say tha . .

. . Ya didnt have to yashoudve seen your face

                                                 That person yare pining for isnt real Theyre a queer fabrication of your desire imagination

Yasee he heard us his fingers to his mouth he definitely heard us

Ofcourse I did yahoos Aint like yare quiet

after 1800,  ReggaeFriday,  17  6. 22

1629,  Monday,  4  7. 22

WHOA whoawhoa    Whoa

she giggled No wordshuh?

No

     Caught me unsuspecting Fashionsincites an old admonishment in my head   Kiss your mother with that mouth

she burst out laughingput her hand to her mouth 

                                                    I do I do. To be fair, I was quoting.

Now yasay

             Though Im not convinced

You think that’d occur to me?

It might the old neighbourhood coudbe crass anya lived in it longer than I did  Ya coudave been corrupted

I’ll concede I lived there longer than you, but come on, do you really think I coined it.

Id believe a woman coined it

                               Women have had to put up with men pigs all their lives so theres no reason why they ought to curb their tongues when talkinbout em I woud like to believe I havent been christened in kind  I have no problem admitting my pigdom

Well thank you, thank you for appreciating the shit women have to put up with. 

Cant live with em an cant live without em The sexes ageold torment

Something like that.

You should understand some future date Ill be quoting you when I usedeploy it to wha I expect will be uproarious jawdroppin mouthagog shock fitful laughter following

Ohplease don’t.

Etched in stone I give credit where credits due   If you hadnt said I woudnt know

  Thank you

                I should have thought this out a little better.

Ya knew who you were talking to Babette

I did . . I did.

Dabbling with immortality

                             Howya feel

she dropped her eyessmiled furtively 

                                        Like a chapped asshole.

after 1800,  ReggaeFriday,  17  6. 22

333preferred,  Monday,  4  7. 22

You’re a honeymoon baby. she smiled beatificallyalmost blinding him

he blinked rapidly A honeymoon baby Fascinating  Ive not given it a thought before let alone heard of it

You get it though?you are one.

I am he didnt have to think a sec bout it

Makes your birthday pretty cool, a notch up . . don’t you think?

Cool I don know if cool cuts it

                                 It is an unusual thought

How’s it make you feel?

No different

Think for a moment . . . your parents had a honeymoon, you didn’t . an you were conceived on it, you know where?

Wisconsin  HA Wisconsinning not tha they were though gottasay people enjoy putting their nose into others people business

            Wonder if my folks had to prove they were married or if marital bliss undeniably shone out of their faces  youngsters  applecheeked   the whole world laid outspread at their feet 

                                                                               With a bun in the oven

after 1800,  ReggaeFriday,  17  6. 22

1234,  Monday,  4  7. 22

Two Against the World  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpQBZ8tJtBI

Really

Hard to believe huh?

Three hunred dollars a pill Fuuck  sorrowfully shook his head 

Yeah. he laughed cavalierly bubbledup from deep inside him 

                                                                   The things we do for love.

   Love

                  Wha love woudthabe

Don’t be square, you can’t be square . . I’m generalizing.

Kind of mercenary  generalising   aint it

                                               Loves prettyfuckin pointed specific     pinpoint

Come on man, I need you to recall your renown sense of warped humour.

I don play with love

                      Ifya were to think about it though unlikely  you might recall in conversation I usually sit it out I rarely bring love up or participate in its discussion

No, I can’t say I remember . .

. . Ya cant no

                 Perhaps youd elaboratedefine this love yawanna take a pillpills for If Im not mistaken if I am I expect youll correct me however it seems three hunred dollars buys love one way the love of yourself your consuming concern to bust a nut get your rocks off   Have you considered your sigh partner  wants to get off too

his expression hardened I’m buying it for her.

For her Very gallant

                        Whos her

Someone . . . special.

Whastha special someones name

They haven’t a name yet.

But yawanna be locked and loaded when ya meet em  thas considerate very considerate

                                                                                                 You disappoint me  Shoudnt call sex love  Theres a huge fuckin gulf 

Lemme ask  canya still gleam a memory of when you were in love  The intense onfirefeeling just being around her Remember her scent how she felt when you held her how her hand fit yours how youd pound a brick wall down with your bare fists if she needed ya to  an her willing to do the same for you

As it stands coming out of your mouth your prioritys mighty fucked up

Putting the cart before the horse

Lets be honest well call it sex

                                    Three hunred dollar sex

after 1800,  ReggaeFriday,  17  6. 22

1055,  Monday.  4  7. 22

10cc  The Things We Do for Love  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgptvsHHYK4

Y’akoto  King of the Dark  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvrOVzhLK7U

the 4th of July

in light of the 6th of Januarythe recent light shed 

                                                   light shedblood shed  plotted colluded  deluded   the Former Republican politicians wannabe oligarchs  insurrectionists supremacists

he was going to sit this one out

he read  had a long memory  1619  1776

                                             read history  absorbedembraced facts which founded Truth  fixed Morality

disregardeddisposed white myth  wholesale crap conspiracy theories  their fearful cringingmuttering worry of critical race theory  cant wish slavery away

he was going to sit this one out

he was going to read The Dawn of Everything – A New History of Humanity this evening  he expected to hear the BAM BAM  BAMBAM of fireworks skyrockets  in the mix he also expected gunfire

                                                                                       Wha coud be more America

109preferred to 1309,  Saturday,  2  7. 22

Collie Buddz  Come Around  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_991nNBds0

Ozomatli  Cholo Yardie  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcE7jZWse14 chillin the 4th