shed follow himhis logic
they were creatives
they took apart bindsuntied knots smashed barriers destroying fetters to find clearblue
freedoms
shed follow himhis logic
they were creatives
they took apart bindsuntied knots smashed barriers destroying fetters to find clearblue
freedoms
he used to say she reminded
him We either get older or we dont
she could help
he waved back
she smiled real bigall chicklets
again
if she wore that getup
if she knocked on his door Mister, cut your lawn for tenbucks; fifteen if you want to watch.
Were negotiating
Hmm, hadn’t thought of that.
No thanks I dont like the sound of power mowers
Power mowers?
Wha you were using next door
A lawn mower.
A powered mower
I don’t know what you’re talking
about.
Got a second
Yes.
he took her down to the backyard shed
and pulled out his rotatingblade mower
What . . is that?
A manual reel mower
Silly, of course it’s real, I can see it.
E-e not e-a Reel not real
Whawould you charge me to cut my
lawn with it
Thirty dollars. And you can watch, won't cost you a penny more.
Id be saving ya gas money
You said it, brother.
Rather you said it like a real homegrown American capitalist
I have to correct you. Entrepreneur.
he shoved her
against the glass
Can you see Can you see
I can hardly see, the angle’s
off.
Ah
Now Can you see now
Yes. I hope you use it.
Eh? Like that. Perhaps we will. she set him with her
steelygrey eyes on his Please.
he kissed her deeplysurprised by
his passion
she kissed as deeply
I like your game.
Thank you
at the couch seated before the
fireplace raindrops tearing on the
glasspanes dribbling excited prisms were
silent witnessesmute observers as they talked over their first drinktheir first
together in Five years is it? she
asked Please Coy is not your strong suit Six years. Six an months she smiledleaned her head briefly to his
shoulder her thick black hair smelled
good
Thank you I appreciate your gesture Yes please The same again
as the barmaid left she asked him
if he was trying to get her tipsy
No
Why would I want you tipsy
Maybe, perhaps – too many perhaps
had passed into his ears laying like fat lazy cats on telephone numbers sprawlinglanguishing on
possibilities -- perhaps
the
game commencing?
Petals . . yes . . their musk
wetted.
halfway through their second
drink the girl fetched them they
stood the barmaid tookup their drinks on
a tray and lead the way
he guided her by her elbow to
follow and he followed behind her
he was keen to inhalebreathe in
the scent of each
he could have closed his eyes and
not stumbled as they walked to the diningroom
entering the roomjust inside the mirrored door This is a really nice room.
Ive stayed here before I thought since I had to come down to meet you
Id spend the night
I . . have a room across the
street.
You also have a husband and
children
Cocktease. she stood with her back to the door You think I’m a cocktease? she leanedup against him she was small
he could feelwas aware of her breast at his diaphragm his nose caressed the crown of her head the back of her headhe remembered smelled the same
she leaned heavier against him
Stop
she didnt say anything
I should take you to your hotel
it was in that window he
recognised she was watching him watching her
he waved
she waved back into the window
without turning around
Gotta tell ya he said loudly from behind ya look neked Ya pull it off nicely though Think yad look great
Good Maybe Ill seeya around sometime Was mighty nice seeing ya today
LIKELY I’LL SEE YOU FIRST.
he was afterall
dreamin
secondly he kept pets
get up in his shit
Buhbye baby byebye
but ofcourse they would
Awshit scuse me
I ah didnt meandidnt expect to ah interrupt ya
the tree gruntedfroze in midcurl
Yawanna finish out I can wait aint going anywheres special No ticktock no time constraints
it jerked its crown right indicating him to proceed some dried leaves shook free a squirrels nest shifted
I am sorry Excuse me
the tree grunted again
after he passed behind it and was out
of the way he glanced back
the tree went back to curling a rectangular slab of concrete with its roots that it had broke free years ago
often passing hed smell tree sweat
hed stop and look at the tree
it played dumb
he was on a roll
he shot craps
the first occurred while he was
taking a bubble bath a whisky in a
crystal tumbler at his hand on a handsomecarved marble shelf beside it was a halo of beeswax candlelight
from a Galway crystal pillar hurricane he wouldnt know that if she didnt say as she tended him
she sat beside the tub in a
Natori cheetah robe he humoured her Natori cheetah Is that a cheetah from Africa
Yadonsay
I do, I do say. shed been hanging out with him too long he accepted she was keeping him as a pet its nice to be kept for awhile
she set it down on the Carrara
marbletopped sundry cabinet and still laughing she leaned over himher hands to
either side of the tub to kiss him her
left breast slipped from her gownjiggled just above his face
Luring me luridly
Come in, you caught me dressing,
Mad’s not here yet.
Madeleine his dreamed-selfs memory informed him Mad was his
daughter
Whadaya execute couldnt help himself
cutie
You . . maybe . . I’m running
late, you’re gonna make me late.
I am But before you go to finish dressing come
over here and give me my hug
she froze where she was her chin slowly coming down her eyes widening
she was long and tall and
athleticmuscled arms a really nice sway
at her chest
she handled a basketball wellshot
well a teenager
she had threefour inches on
him wingspan too
she wore shortsgood legs wore a couplethree athletic shirts dago-Ts
Ya shoot pretty well kid Wanna play
Alright. You’re on.
Ten basket game
Yeah, brisk games.
Yah
she missed the thirteenth free
throw mumbled under her breath
he bounced the ball to her
she finally got the ball back at
Seven
she got a couple
he closed her out Ten two
Again. she barked
he was on a roll
over the next five games only the
fourth was competitive Thirteen eleven
two point rule she never led
his ball
on her back she threw her hand up
for him to helphe snatched it and pulled her up to her feet
what else looked good on her her jersey shifted exposing her left breast it accentuated by her heavy breathing
she lost that game too
he was in a night club
whawas he doin in a night club
he didnt like em
bars yah
taverns yah
he huddled up to his dreaming-self
and asked him over his shoulder Whas cookin
Whas dreamboy up to
dreaming-self didnt give him a
heythere a howdoyado or shrug off his hand at his shoulder Our boys mesmerised
Who or whas mesmerising him
Comon were talkinbout you whawould mesmerise you in this joint
dreaming craned his neck aroundlooked
him in the face followed his eyes to a woman coming off the slightly elevated
wood dance floor
Jesus Shes amazing
Oohyah I see
Shes Jesus built
Yawanme to salivate for the two
of us Im real My salivating will count for more
Salivate away
Whars our boy
There you are
Ohyeah two drinks Must have asked someone wha she was drinkin Id be hard to forget her or her drink
Smooth operator
Thank us Though I dont like our getup Whod we rob to afford that suit Fuck he tugged at a nonexistent collar at his throat Hot in here
Man some like it hot
Remind mehuh Shes takin the temp up
Hellyah she is
Brazilian African Indian Spanish
Mixed nicely together
He spilled his drink on himself
Idiot
Nah Know us
Ploy
Whapossible ploy
Hes tugging at his shirtfront not embarrassed Awshit Hes convincing her its cooling him Offering
Offering
she nodded
he dumped her drink on her
chestshe jumped up from her chair by its chill
smiling white teeth carnivorous
he hailed a waitress heldup split fingers Two the same he called so she didnt have to come
all the way to the table almost secreted by tall bigleafed potted plants he pulled a silk handkerchief from the inside
pocket of his jacket offering it to her
she stood up
she was taller than they in her
heels