. . . but I digress

                         he was a digressorcouldnt help himself it was a natural channelnot an unforced error however what marveled most Marveled me that no matter how farflung ridiculous often kneeslapping footstomping hilarious he digressed with  . . . but I digress he snapped back to the subject he had been eliciting

                                                                                            asif the sidestep had been nothing more than passing scenery outside a car window

I watched him

he had stretchedwas all warmed up

I knew him better than most

he began a bit Id heard before

it incensed himhe thought it was a horrible embarrassment

then he surprised me  I didnt see it coming

I don know if he did either

he said

         I just read this statistic a couplethree weeks agoblew me away Maybe that had something to do with it  blew fiftyfour percent of American adults between the ages ofget this ages of sixteen . . now now . this is where I must take exception Sixteen An American adult If sixteen is adult then why the hell should I be charged risk prosecution if I had sex with a sixteenyear oldmind you . mind you thoughtfully he stroked his beard  Id prefer fucking a literate sixteenyear old one who had a brain inside her skull . not some maudlin tartNOT . not . . not that a thoughtless tart wouldnt bring something delectable to the tableIm sure . perhaps attractive . perhaps undeveloped wiles Didnt see this coming but rather a womanShes sixteen . . who would appreciatevalue . the give an take tug an twist pinch hairpulling crack on the ass cosplayIll be the anime she can be an animal if she wishes a dragon mermaid Alice in WonderlandBrother wha a rabbithole fingers an toes an tongues  . . . but I digress 

                                                           between the ages of sixteen to seventyfour who cannotCANNOT read at a sixth grade level . . a fucking sixth grade level . how old is a sixth graderI can tell you Ive a niece whos in sixth grade . . shes twelve . twelve . . American adults cannot read elementary books . . too fucking busy busied with social media perhaps Book of FacesHA Meta Twitter too busy being told wha to thinkhanded a line  horseshit gobbling it with a spoon horseshit horseshit horseshit oodles an oodles

he stopped stroked his beard

no one in the small clutch said anything

there was a lot there

maybe we were digesting

then he said

              Food for thought  Read a book

afteraround 1720hrs,  Saturday,  19  2. 22

1212,  Monday,  21  2. 22

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/09/09/low-literacy-levels-among-us-adults-could-be-costing-the-economy-22-trillion-a-year/?sh=7ba842864c90 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4h2MoP3Llk

Putin

blitzkrieg

Ukraine

          maybe hePutin might want to revisit History Repeats Itself  how it went down the last time

          an maybe Russian oligarchs will have to act to protect their pocketbooks

1729,  Monday,  21  2. 22

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

https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/putins-right-wing-shills?utm_source=url 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/munich-security-conference-chamberlain/622872/

Media has to step upI mean really step stepup hard no nonsense  it needs to embrace tout affirm it is Americas Fourth Estate  utter scepticism ought to be its default  either side of a dispute hammered questioned interrogated  

What's informing you?

It screwed the poochI recognised it then during Bushs rampup to Afghanistan Iraq  with us or against us it let a terrorist act September Eleven dictatelead them around by their nose  an again when the fat orange one ran they were making too much money  thus deferreddid not to challenge his obscenities  spread his lies

Yesyes, reasoned, I hear you.

Thank you

            It should not equate our political parties theyre ont mirror images  Treating them as equals is garbage  Hell if I were anI would refuse use Republican terminology nomenclature epitaph  theyve fingered Democrats as the enemy  Youll recall Former called mediathe press  enemies of the people

                                                                     since  virtually all Republicans have publically embraced the notionthat crude mentality  they havent a platform havent an agenda  they stand for nothing   Nada 

Except obstruction. Celebrity.  Power.

Celebrity Christ

                Politicians arent celebrities  Celebrities don take oathsnot to God  Vow  to God   Bow  to God

Majority of Republicans embrace lies  Are contemptible   Corrupt

Say it loud  Print it

                     Media ought to be the last organ to fear truth

0125,  Twosday,  18  1. 22

1333,  Sunday,  20  2. 22

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a39091753/trump-organization-mazars-accountants-unreliable-statements/ 

959,412 DEAD  Trump virus  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ 

Whas a crumpet

Why?

Damn thing is driving me nuts afternoon tea an crumpetsnot that I would

                                                                               Yaever eat one

A crumpet?

Yah

Don’t know, may have, but didn’t know it was.

eating something that you didnt know what it was  novel 

                                                            he liked knowing what he was eating no chicanery none because he was consummate chicanerer its not a word he made it up he liked to fill voids left by actual words

Ya often don know wha yare eatin 

Don’t you think it’s rude, asking what is being served?

In the US  perhaps not 

                             Orient  Africa catch my drift 

I don’t travel outside the country.

     Ah

           Ignorance is bliss

You calling me ignorant?

Yasaid May have but I didnt know wha it was

                                                    Not knowing wha something is is the hallmark of ignorance isnt it Granted it is a wide brushstroke  however I like knowing wha or who Im eatin

What or . . who?

Thas a whole other avenue  Tha said  what do you think a crumpet is 

I don’t know. Something to have with tea.

Jesus

Where’s all this coming from?

Curiosity My own ignorance   I gambled maybe you did

You don’t gamble.  You know don’t you . .

. . I do

So why the fuck are you ask me?

Perhaps entertainment value

Entertainment?

Ya don think yare entertaining

Ignorance is entertaining?

Donya think

Jesus.

Sometimes one has to be like an attorney  Don ask a question ya don know the answer to

he was miffedshook his head like a dog before it scratches after fleas behind its ear with its hindleg  he was always jealous of that  that an how a dog can lick his balls

                                                       What is a crumpet?

Like an English muffinHAR Nooks and crannies appear on the top of crumpets to see them ya have to slice an English muffin

       Slather with butter jelly jam preserves  Whas the difference between jam and preserves

Fuck.  You.

             Tell me.  You’re driving me nuts.

Jam  Mashed fruit  Preserves have whole or large pieces of fruit  I dig apricot preserves

So where did this whole expose begin?

Strudel

Strudel?

Yes

What about strudel?

I like fruit strudelprobably warm apple strudel the best

                                                            Its not streusel

Streusel?

Maddening isnt it

Which?

Both

Shit or get off the pot . .

. . When was the last time you considered streusel

I haven’t.

Me neither

You neither . .

. . No

You wanna tie up the loose ends? You’re killing me . .

. . Theres a D an an E S between em

A D and an E S . .

. . Spell em . .

. . I’m not, I’ll take your word for it.

                                       What’s the deal?

I thought strudel was German

                                  Its not Austrian  The difference between Nuremberg and Vienna

Jesus.

Invoking Jesus seems your go-to today

Ought to be, didn't see this coming . .

. . Unexpectedness The spice of life

Spice.   Please, put me out of my misery.  Conclude this.

Strudel fruit filled pastry  not filo dough

                                            Streusel  A crumble cake

I don’t bake.

Me neither 

Jesus.  Sowha was this conversation about?

An exercise in futility  

Jesus.

made him wonder if He might have a preference

sometime after 1918,  Saturday,  19  2. 22

556 preferred to 1756,  Sunday,  20  2. 22

she said opticals

he corrected her Optical

No, there’s more than one.

Optics

Opticals. she was beginning to lose her shitgetting frustrated he could see it in her face It’s opticals.

                                                                                                           she was eight

I believe yare mistaken

I would know though, wouldn’t I? I’m telling you . . telling you about them . . . I would know, wouldn’t I?

You said  Perhaps . however . you may have misunderstood whawas said Tell me more about these opticals  Where are they

At my school, on the track, the grass track out behind my school, the field.

Okay

      Are they set up by teachers  or staff

Yes they are.

Do you run . .

. . We run, jump, crawl through them. she exhaled loudly

                                                           was probably thinking how thick her grandfather was

If I may please

Yees.

Is it possible you mean . . obstacles

                                          Say . . an obstacle course

she brushed hair out of her face That’s what I said.

                                                       You don’t listen very well, maybe you ought to get your ears checked, Grampa.

AH okay  Thank you  Very thoughtful of you sweetheart

                                                             As long as we know wha yare talking about  wha ya mean

Yes. Obstacles.

                  That’s what I said. dribbled out of her mouth

annot like hed ever again say obstacles

                                          opticals was rich  they circumvented  obstacles 

1353,  Saturday,  19  2. 22

1248,  Sunday,  20  2. 22

he baarely caught it

he was prone to his eyes and ears playing tricks on him his senses had too much fun at his expense

                                                                                                           Come on ya kiddin me

they tried to stuff their giggles behind their handsholding them over their mouths   real funnyfunny fuckers

Ya messin with me

acting like children occasional snorts erupting

Before I say anything

                         Did I hear him correctly

Whadaya think?

I aint thinking thats why Im asking

Ain’t saying.

Hanging me out to dry

Maybe.  Maybe not.

                      Ask.

his senses loved it when they made an ass out of him

                                                         fortunately he didnt have an ego to bruise   Im asking

Certainly you are. We’ll be paying attention.SNORT

Funny

We’re a riot.

 

he halfturned

               Sorry, your voice trailed off at the end of wha ya were saying Don think I heard ya right

What was I saying?

Christ ya don listenremember wha ya were saying

Sometimes I lose my train of thought. 

In the next instant

Sometimes.  A lot of stuff runs through my head.

Stuff  Stuffed   Thas accurate

                                 Not much of a train man

Can’t help it.

              What did you think you heard? If you say maybe I can gather loose ends and tell you what I . . . may . have said.

Yah

Here he goes! his senses chimed

Fuckin guys

              Damn right Im going

We won’t be able to catch you.

Thawas never part of the calculation

Then shaddup already an ask.

I am

he cleared his throatSomething bout . ridiculous . . ya cum quarts

I cum quarts?

Thas wha I saidthought I heard ya say

                                            Is tha wha ya said or no 

No. Definitely not.

Whadya say

               Im tryin hard not to go off on some crazy tangent anya know I can run a mile before I catchup with myself

Yes, I know, and I never catch up . . association . .

. . Ya gonna play your association gambit

I am.

It doesnt work regularly

No.  It doesn’t.

                    You thought you heard cum quarts.  Cum.  Quarts.     Cum.     Quarts.  Cumquarts.HA  Got it!

Yawanna give it to me

OHyes, you . . I said kumquats, was talking about kumquats, something about them . . . what I don’t remember, but kumquats . . . I’m sure.  he rolled his eyes

his senses squealed

Havin fun boys

You’re a scream!

Im a scream

             Fuck me  He cant remember wha he was talkinbout  Kumquats    I like my cum quarts better

Cum quarts cum quarts cum quarts

                                 he could imagine them holding hands in a big circle an dancing round an round an round his terribly gay humoured senses

they did keep him on his toes

had to give them that

1509,  Saturday,  12  2. 22

1232,  Saturday,  19  2. 22

Awright! Who deserves a beater?

even as the eldest child he pulled back  reticent

                                                  he needed to hear his mother ask again to assure himself he heard her correctly   he didnt want a beating  he crossed his parents often so no sense taking a spanking for nothing though theyd say if he was spanked incorrectly itd work out for the times he should have gotten one but didnt

he was pretty fucking sure his accrued interest would carry into adulthood

Who deserves a beater?

vanilla poppyseed cake

Oh shit yes

           I do he raised his hand they were standing in the kitchen around the eight chair wood table he had no idea why he raised his hand like at school desperate to be recognised when he knew the answer  then he learned he could act like he did raise his hand and the teacher wouldnt call his bluff

during parent – teacher conferences his teachers remarked how enthusiastic he was to participate during class time

OHyah me

           he got a beater

his sister got the other

his brother a year younger got the spatula

his little brother got the bowl that he kneeled on a chair at the table and went after with his fingers

the whole while he licked the beater tentatively at first he imagined his tongue caught between them as they spun

Freaked him out his tongue laceratedblood flung everywhere or tore out of his head by its roots

wasnt until he had licked one spoke cleansavored the sweet vanilla batter and seeds that the image subsided quit

2152,  Saturday,  12  2. 22

0957,  Saturday,  19  2. 22

she was a no-nonsense kinda gal

he wanted to get into her pants

he had wanted to get into her pants even before he realeyesed how much they had in common 

they often were ridiculous at the coffeehouse where they were introduced

                                                                             discreetly he had went between tables interruptingasking complete strangers if they knew the attractive woman sitting at a table near the piano

they did not

              although a young woman entering the shop after him overheard him  she said she did Buy me a coffee?  

Definitely

she said what she liked 

shed take a table and wait for him

when he returned to the room she was sitting at the table by the piano with the woman he wanted an introduction to

he walked up

Excuse me he said to the woman he bought the coffee for  Ah . I . . he didnt know her namehadnt asked . I believe . . your coffee

Yes, thank you, if you wouldn’t mind setting it down, please.

he did

she took a sip and returned to the book she was readingstudying  virtually excused him

      Jesus

               Bought in hook line and sinker

he turned to pants

                     When I walked in I couldnt help but notice ya . .

. . I noticed.

You  Noticed

You.  Blind.

I am Whas your name he extended his hand to her Its not often people guess my name thoughactually its Very . Very Blind

she laughed though seemed to in spite of herself she didnt cover her mouthhe liked that had deep dimples he really wanted to get into her pants

                      taking his hand I really shouldn’t, my mother told me not to talk to strangers.

Ya oughta though Im more than a stranger

                                              Unlikely youll ever meet anyone stranger than me

her laughter piqued impossibly her dimples grew deeper

                                                            collecting herselfstill holding his hand That line work for you?

Donknow  Did it

it did

her name was Eniiyi she said it meant integrity

he said Im Joe paraphrased a line from Pulp Fiction American names dont mean anything 

 

getting to know her better

getting into her pants 

he knocked her out when he admitted it

                                           That’s funny!when we met I was thinking I wanted to get into yours. 

she was a tease 

he knew two distinct things about her

she was black

she was blunt

                  he went back an forth between them

black an blunt

blunt an black

Are you doing that thing again?

I am

Make a decision put it to bed or I’ll beat you black and blue.

Eniiyi

        black an blunt

2234,  Saturday,  12  2. 22

1106,  ReggaeFriday,  18  2. 22

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/dcac9db5-56a1-46a7-bee6-207ed61bce29

well probably aint going to Disneyland this time around remember BushCheneys Wet Dreamtheir unmitigated lies an Crap

     he knew it then 

this bit will be set

                  yanked up in between jawsbetween teeth

hardwood heels dug deep in between ribs

Know any good dirges

                          humanUnkinds continued insouciant idiocy

2029,  ReggaeFriday,  18  2. 22

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-biden-gives-update-on-u-s-diplomatic-efforts-amid-tensions-with-russia-over-ukraine

Mason Proffit  Voice of Change  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mCCQnGb3BQ

confounded him

                tucked in a paperback The Final Country by James Crumley he found a piece of folded bluelined notebook paper

the paper itself wasnt the culprit

                                  he forever folded paper and placed it at the back of books in case something occurred to him as he walkedread so he could capturepen it and later elaborate  he also dated and timed it

what confounded himbecause he rarely did it was a list he committed to the page

celery

garlic

chicken bouillon

cans – catfud

as a bookmark he used a receipt from MINER’S ACE HARDWARE  6/24/13  4:41PM for 2 HOOK ANGLE FORGED 12”  TOTAL  $19.33 he paid CASH

that may have been the last list he ever made

since he has depended upon his memory to recall items he shopped for

if he forgot something its happened thats on him  he held himself accountable

the grocer was only a mile an a half off
                                        he could walk backhe refused to drive  he purchased provisions only for himself so the canvas sack slung over his shoulder was eminently capable of holding two meals that typically provided leftovers

      

  still

      confoundedshocked   he was flummoxed he had actually made a list in Twothousandthirteen

he held himself to a high standard

figuring when he got older he wanted to maintainkeep greased the coils of his brain with hot percolating oils  

1009,  Thursday,  17  2. 22

1741,  Thursday,  17  2. 22

Elvin Jones & Richard Davis  Summertime  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC1PzuBiduA

innocence

taking the Fifth Amendment

                              Hmm   what did the Former president say about people who took the 5th Amendment 

Aah  he said “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the 5th Amendment?”

curiously his son Eric took the 5th more than fivehunred times when he was last deposed

1820,  Thursday,  17  2. 22

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/17/judge-will-rule-on-trump-new-york-subpoena-fight-thursday-afternoon.html

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-innocent-fifth-amendment/ 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-19/eric-trump-invoked-fifth-amendment-about-500-times-n-y-ag-says

Six four four six four four six four four 

                                        thats what it sounded like

an unseen bird calling

unseen because he was sitting on the pot reading The Dead and the Ugly  Joy Williams

the bird was insistent Six four four six four four

                                                   could have played drums kept beat or bass keeping the bassline Six four four six four four

                      thats what it sounded like

numerology meandered into his head

                                      all sorts of things crept into his headhe didnt keep the doors locked windows were flung wide open

he had critters insects spiders

he liked to think he was home

                                often he was pulled off point because a new one emerged like the submarine Seaview from the television show Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea  points erupted

   HA

       he remembered numerology did the unseen bird know numerology six plus four plus four fourteen one plus four five

         AH 5 the master of change  adaptable thrives in different environments social situations happiest when things feel fresh high energy filled with possibilities when things feel routine predictable 5 flies off to the next thing that which is more captivating “The only thing five is truly attached to is being unattached.”

                                                                                            he read it as Norwegian Wood 

since  whenever he heard Six four four six four four six four four he would cry Hello Norwegian Wood when it pausedtook a breath  

                      he hoped the pause that followed before it cry again was one of perplexion

1009,  Thursday,  17  2. 22

1408,  Thursday,  17  2. 22

Seaview emersion  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShtCdgQMqW0  https://www.numerology.com/articles/about-numerology/single-digit-number-5-meaning/

Beatles  Norwegian Wood  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_V6y1ZCg_8