the superintendent approached him during break and told him his sister called and at the end of day he was to stop at her place

          She went to your place, gathered up some nice clothes, you’re to shower there, you have a date tonight.

A date

That’s what she said.

Thats all she said

Stop at her place, you got a date.

he didnt know what to make of that

                                       Thanks Dean

You betcha.

she answered the door

Wha this all about Sis

Stop right there, I don’t want you dragging that filth into my house. Go around to the back porch, I’ll get you a towel, strip out there.

I got a date

You have time. Get showered, dressed, all laid out on the bed, I’ll tell you about it then.

I couldn’t help myself, hell, I was attracted to her, you know how much we’re alike. Just couldn’t let her go without taking a shot for you.

I imagine your approach was disconcerting

No not at all; particularly in light of what I’d overheard. I met Patti for coffee, but she got a call and had to run. I still had coffee, most of a slice of caramel pecan, the paper too, so I sat tight. She, Circe . .

. . Circe  witch  enchantres . .

. . Shush would you . . Circe, I know what Circe is, sat at the next table facing me. She’s beautiful, it was hard to take my eyes off her, and so animated; she caught me looking at her several times, each time acknowledged me with a nod.

Her friend, checking her watch, said she had to get going. They stood, said their goodbyes, hugged, and sitting down again she smiled at me and said hello. I said hello, and I thought, and then I got up and went to her table, introduced myself, I asked if she didn’t have to be anywhere might I join her. We must have talked two hours.

Where am I meeting her

At the Bodega on US One, just down from the jazz club. I made reservations under your name.

How are we to know each other

You can’t possibly mistake her. She’s . . how should I say . . . ah . she’s, Circe is cineticamente estetico.

Would you quit Im a carpenter I struggle with English  Can you just say

Cineticamente estetico, it means . . wait for it . kinetically aesthetic.

AwJesus I think youve got me in over my head

You? No way. You can’t miss her. You’ll thank me.

he couldnt have missed her

1954,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  22  12. 21

1220,  Thursday,  23  12. 21

Tony Allen  Ariya (A Ray of Hope) (PsychejujuMix)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGcVrvAFfKc

 

he asked peopleif they could would they describe how they dream not what they dreamed but rather how

it caused more confusion that he thought

he apologised Here lemme say how I dream

                                               I dream shallow mercurial pools that shiver an squirm like heedless worms I act within them swim on their bellys or over the top of their surfaces I go through doors an panes an cell walls with the liberty of ghosts  I crow nonsensically at fearful shadows some who rather than face me an play commit suicide

that was no help

1330,  Sunday,  21  8. 21

1259,  Thursday,  23  12. 21

Tony Allen  Time to Take a Reste Suite, Pt. 1  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnATWMgEQN0

 

   roue

          sounds like badsmelling cheese Limburger Pecorinu Hooligan Ardrahan Stinking Bishop  Epoisses  Maroilles Greensward Torta del Casar

Any idea

             Didnt think so

he found it written on a slip of paper  “. . . the roue will die protesting his mistress is pure”

From where

he quoted it so its not his  

Where o whar did he find it a rolling stone collects no moss  he had some digging to do

Paydirt

          O but ofcourse William Cowper Brann  known as Brann the Iconoclast he plucked the phrase from “There is no secret a man will guard with such vigilance as his amours, no copartner in iniquity he will shield with such fidelity as a paramour. The bandit may turn state’s evidence, and the assassin will confess the noose; but the roue will die protesting his mistress is pure as the driven snow.”

Nice nice to know

a debauched man is a roue

                            a rake a rogue a degenerate  if one had coin anasked hed stop to have a drink with them

seems a making of an innarestin time

no freaking idea – likely this century

0929,  Thursday,  23  12. 21

Kologbo  Another Man Thing  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chjBUryG-Os

 

go in haste hie hies hied hieing hying

                                          Middle English from Old English higian strive pant

he hied in the past without knowing he had

                                             Hiyaed because he hadnt time to stop and talk

he cooked the same way                                

                                 evidently

she said Ah, a salmagundi . . excellent.

A wha

Salmagundi. Usually a salad, though you haven’t greens, it incorporates meat, seafood, cooked, raw vegetables; sometimes fruit and nuts.

It has a name Thats nuts

she laughed nice music What do you call it?

Dinner rang like a dull bell

                               I open the fridge see wha I got make something of it Good way of dispatching leftovers in as savory a manner I can muster

                                 If I had to push come to shove Id call it a casserole

I’m looking forward to it.

You wont be disappointed Im as good in the kitchennot baking though as I am in the sack  Might wanna keep that in mind as you eat

Ohmy, you’re terrible.

Get in line seem to rub women that way

                                           Ofcourse goes without saying but I am I wouldnt use it on guys  although Ive fixed dinner for friends he laughed  Boy friends

she laughed because he did

                               Boyfriends? 

No  Boy friends

                 Got a brotherinlaw who cringes when I say boy friends he pushes the nouns together as you did I separate them Who the hell wants to say male friends no colourno spice this way those who want to twist on a line can twist I live by the credo Fuckem if they cant take a joke

What does he call his boy friends? she giggled in spite of herself

Buddies

That’s appropriate.

Neutered

          I say butties more cringeworthy than boy friends

Sounds like you enjoy cringes.

Yes cringes  offcoloured  provocation anything but milquetoast  Are you familiar with Caspar Milquetoast

Caspar Milquetoast?

                        No.  Can’t say I am.

A comic strip character The Timid Soul his creator H T Webster referred to him as the man who speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick

                     An obvious spin on Teddy Roosevelts Talk softly but carry a big stick An iron fist in a velvet glove isnt as appealing to me

My, the webs you weave. Sir Walter Scott.

Yes

Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive. From Marmion . .

. . they spoke over each other  A Tale of Flodden Field

You would not practise to deceive me?

   No

        I definitely want to get in your pants

no freaking idea – this Century he thinks

1609,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  22  12. 21

Escape the Fate  The Webs We Weave  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csAEVmN7TyA

 

foolhardy they exercised their prerogative without a care or thought of what others thought

                                                                                                they werent wellschooled

Ah shit he stood up from the park bench he sat on an walked towards them muttering Nahnahnah shaking his unbrushed woolly head stroking his beard

                                 the first he came upon he rapped on the forehead with a knuckle Ya donwanna keep this up keep it up an someones gonna get hurt they kept it up hed x-ercise them

the boy stepped back rubbing his forehead he was well out front of the others maybe he didnt see he was swinging in the breezerecognise hed take the brunt

                                         That would be a mistake, old man.  

yahoo should have tried to deescalated the situation not try to buy time not provoke him he didnt know his old man raised him that if a fight was eminent throw the first punch

the rap on the skull emitted a soundlike rapping a melon  it suggested he didnt have a bonehead he drove his fist between his eyes lights went out  

the several behind him paused tentative is not good in a fight

                                                                    he bullrushed them howling

they scattered

Dammit gawddammit

                       frosted his fanny only one would paid for their mistake

he shook his head they wouldnt learn anything wouldnt see the error of their ways these kids wouldnt see they were wrong

he turnedwalked away

                         he walked a bit before he realised he was singing softly  Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum all day long Id biddy biddy bum if I was a wealthy man

                                                                       he laughed hard out loud

he finally understood wha biddy biddy bum meant even though he wasnt a wealthy man

ReggaeFriday,  26  12. 14

1357,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  22  12. 21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5fCqKbSC7M

 

  therapy

 

                 didnt work out for people he knew more suicides than saves the remaining were midwater debris floating indiscriminately undetermined  between the shores

these results made him wonder if therapy wasnt a vulgar theory

                                                                     he tagged it theorapey

theorape tempted him but rape doesnt ask consent so he tucked it away in his sock drawer next to girlie magazines to use when people are forced into therapy by the state

damn the river of time since it was impossible to dam 

                                                           he conceded everyone had to take what they got

an irksome howl betrayed this one slice of many years a near-physicalmadness crowdedcrowed till its end

                                                                                                                it had begun so clean bright innocent

                          then fell quickly apart tattered dysfunction like rotting cloth

somehow its warp and weft held an healed

                                                an time humoured ticked on slippedticking ticking ticklingtick by tick away

         joke was on him

Twosday,  16  11. 10

1506,  Twosday,  21  12. 21

Fela Kuti  Shuffering and Shmiling  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y--5IlljO78

the January6 committee ought to use the stick of inherent contempt on Pennsylvanias House Representative Perry who is not conducting himself according to the oath he swore   

“Inherent contempt . . . employed by Congress . . . directly enforce(s) contempt rulings under its own constitutional authority . . . Under inherent contempt proceedings, the House or Senate has its Sergeant-At-Arms, or deputy, take a person into custody for proceedings to be held in Congress.”

if Perry were forced to cool his heels in custody until such time he is willing to tell the truth about his actions involvements regarding the insurrection on behalf of the Former

1712,  Twosday,  21  12. 21

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-houses-contempt-powers-explained

https://www.inquirer.com/news/scott-perry-january-6-panel-congress-pennsylvania-20211221.html

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-s-scott-perry-rejects-cooperation-jan-6-investigation-n1286396?cid=eml_mra_20211221&user_email=e4c91d00eead6d858374885584701152a02c6d873bb23bf387b4583a289e5951

Who Will Save Your Soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wBDDAZkNtk  a real jewel

Who would bother

dated Sunday, 6  11. 16  it appeared he jotted down quickly his handwriting was rushed  How to save your soul

Aaah he remembered 2016

                              his handwriting wasnt rushedhe could barely hold a pen

the doc a specialist a rheumatologist called it RA

                                                  which was no fucking help Yah Don know what that is    

doc ogled him like he was from outer space a twoheaded alien bluntly Rheumatoid arthritis

You could have said that doc he was not fond of acronyms

                                                                But I got disagree  The questionnaire we just completedI was watching  you didnt listen to melisten to my answers  ya heard wha ya wanted to hear scored me eleven of thirteen descriptors eight more than I would agree I exhibit   As I told you

the ogle returned

                   I believe I know better than you do, young man.                                                            

I believe you believe you do but you don inhabit my body  You believe I exhibit eleven ailments to three Id agree with you on

ogle went glare

doc ignored himexplained hed provide him a prescription after he went to the hospital to determine baselines for his organs

Baselines 

           he asked the top of the his head because he was notating his file

Excuse me? wasnt listening again off in his own hewed little world

Baselines

Yes. The medication could affect some of your internal organs; not that it necessarily will mind you.

To alleviate my pain an sleeplessness

doc was handing him the referral to the hospital

                                                   To hopefully heal you or create a more comfortable stasis.

Well doc for my sake the sake of my organs Ill figure out how to mitigate my pain without poisoning myself

                                                                                                               Youll excuse me if I don thank you for your time  Your fee ought to be thanks enough

he stood and left the doc squatting on his stool

 

2016 that was a real tough year

                                     he came out the other side with minimal impairment

Who will save your soul

                          Take a good look in the mirror

1147,  Twosday,  21  12. 21

Tony Allen  Celebrate  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcHimgwxV8U 

he tried the skiings  water most accessible cross-country downhill

                                                                   didnt do anything for him

hed rather swim canoe rivers streams sail lakes the ocean 

snowshoed

he understood what put him off

                                   skiings elitistness  cultists looking down their nose

I skied Heavenly over Christmas vacation, what did you do?

I went sledding at West Park sometimes he tobogganed at Caldwell or Schiller Woods

West Park. that was always accompanied with a puss That’s nowhere.    

Well man welcome back to Nowhere

                                       Its where you live

they were kids he couldnt be paid to hang out with

                                                        whatever was up their ass made them run funny

they couldnt keep up with him

anYES  moneyed  another name for elitist

                                              moneyed an not-moneyed mix like oil an water

evident since he was young wasnt rocket science

                                                    he tried to give those kids some latitude maybe their parents had been ignoranthadnt explained to their children how fortunate they were

a moneyed buddy SEE one made the cut was going to Tahoe to ski had a family cabin there ofcourse there was

                                                                                                                            You think thats wise

Wise? How do you mean?

How many years has it been since you skied don think its like riding a bicycle

he laughed

           That’s not a false equivalence, well said. Off the top of my head, fifteen years.

So is that smart

Let me put it to you this way, I intend to dominate the moderate slopes. 

that he could say it straightface tickled him

                                              Knock yourself out man

Christ, I hope not.

                  his paleblue eyes brightened in humour

afternoon,  Thursday,  16  12. 21

1227,  Monday,  20  12. 21

Tony Allen  The Same Blood  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcmEh7BDFoM

 

Falsus in uno falsus in omnibus

                                 Latin  false in one thing false in everything

nothing more need be said

                           although he was curious what the name was of a person who follows a liar

Wikipedia he doesnt often utilise it:

                                   “The Washington Post said in January 2020 that (the Former) had made more than 16,241 false or misleading claims as president, an average of about 14.8 such statements per day. The Toronto Star which said that, as of June 2019, (the Former) had made 5,276 false statements since his inauguration.”

A liar is a liar is a liar

                       Shakespeare  Thank you

1449,  Monday,  20  12. 21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veracity_of_statements_by_Donald_Trump#:~:text=The%20Washington%20Post%20said%20in,false%20statements%20since%20his%20inauguration.

Silence  crickets  silence  crickets 

                                            What are you talking about?

Whadon you understand

I don’t understand you.

Like youve understood me 

                              Yare sweet but we don jive

Jive?

Ya dig jive

Relate?

That a girl

            We don relatenot that I wouldnt wish we did    Youll never know

But if you said we would?

Not for me to say

                   A brook exists  I accept it   You should too

So, you’re the rulemaker, the ballbuster?

No

    Im me Yare you  Were not compatible . .

. . Because you say?

Yes

       Takes two to tango We aint dancing

Because you . .

. . Yes   Because me 

                          Because me an no cajoling pleading demanding will change that  Were either in it or were not

Were not   Because I say

You say.

I say

silence  crickets  silence  crickets

2123,  Thursday,  2  12. 21

2314,  Sunday,  19  12. 21

Bowie  Girl Loves Me  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ow4ijDeHPA

 

Run through the finish run through the finishrun through the finish he always said his lungs were on fire another fifty metres he didnt want to watchclosed his eyes ran as hard as he couldpantingpantingpanting thought Must be there

he was

       he slowed staggered collapsed on the warm beach he closed his eyes again listened to the surf felt its saltbreath sweep his sweating body like a cats tongue

 

footsteps approached

he didnt open his eyes

You made it an just about in the time you said. I came out of the room onto the porch an watched you finish

No garland for my head

No.  I think victory to the victor.

                                  You won the race in your head.

You know me too well babe I did

                                        Your shower nice all refreshed

I am, baby.

                You look overheated.

A touch

I could fan you.

You could

           he rolled over onto his back

she stood over himstraddled his calves an began fanning him with her loose kaftan

Ahh  feels nice babe

I thought it might.

You smell wonderful

                     Don stop

A little more vigorous?

Just a bit I donwanna ruin your refreshment

I can always take another shower.

piqued him

          he opened one eye she was naked under her robe every time she brought her hands up holding fabric he beheld her to her underbreasts

                                 when she brought the folds down he could look up into her face behold her large widespaced eyesmischievous smile

Penny for your thoughts, love.

I gotta pay

No.

     I can read your mind. You look interested. she laugheddidnt cover her mouth

Quite the minx

Flatterer.

            I’m your whore.

breathless again

              huskily We better take this inside

2005,  ReggaeFriday,  10  12. 21

1329,  Sunday,  19  12. 21

Maneskin  I Want To Be Your Slave  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOb9Xaug35M

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vStU79dfil4

Man, what are you listening to?

A Chilean band called Newen Afrobeat the songs Cantaros Pitchers theyre playing Fela Kutis sound a Nigerian bandleader multi-instrumentalist political activist I dig the cats music played throughout the Sixties an Seventies

Where do you come up with this shit?

Head on a swivel man head on a swivel I listen

                                                     You have trouble listening

he turned his head like a little bird

                                 I have trouble listening?

Yaought to phrase that as a statement rather than a question

Yes

     Sometimes I wonder if you are attention deficient . .

. . Deficit. It’s called attention deficit hyperactivity disorder A-D-H-D . .

. . Man that just rolled off your tongue

                                          Any truth to it

Truth?

Ah Duh Haf Duh  Duh

What are you talking about?

Playing with your acronym

Whatever.

Whawere talking about

                        Were not high so you havent any excuse

You don’t know what we were talking about?

I know

         I asked you

What part?

Any part

You threw me off with your nonsense.

Nonsense

Yes . . your . your . . mumbling.

Speak up yare mumbling

I know this.

No pressure

Saying it is pressure.

Ill shaddup

 

 

Say somethingwould you.

Something

Are you trying to provoke me?

Youll recall I tested ninety-eight percent assertive

                                                     Must assume assertive is provocative

he turned his head like a little bird again

                                        We were talking about music.

Yes

    he motioned with his hands Keep walkingkeep coming forward This way

Black music.

Thats incorrect music is music

                               For that matter its the universal language

Where do you come up with this shit?

Being redundant I listen to you

                                   Hint

You made some weird sound.

Ah Duh Haf Duh  Duh

                        Hint

Just saywould you.

Acronym

            Hint

Ohyeah . . A-D-H-D

Weve arrived at the promised land

                                       Wanna beer

1109,  Sunday,  19  12. 21

reward: Maneskin  Beggin’  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg72z08aTXY