finishing his third heavilypoured
vodka and tonic putting it down on a Mexican ceramictopped side table
he sighed
loudly
So bird legs huh?
Yah Might recall I said divine midthigh
up
he sighed again
I don’t think you
said divine.
I didnt
I said midthigh up she was “outrageous topped off with a miraculous brain imaginative sharp cut like a honed butchers blade” Im quoting I remember exactly wha I said
You can only remember that I didnt say
divine
Nothing to get angry about.
At least ya didnt sigh this timeIm
not angry
You may be angry.
Keep it up Ill be
Whatever . .
.
. Thall anger meya know tha I dislike whatever
I’m a little drunk.
Drunk
Not a caveat Tha don allow you provocation
Whate . . . he caught himself smart My intention wasn’t to provoke.
Whawas your intention
he closed one eye like he was aiming
I think I don’t . don't . have an intention . . . rather . I’m curious.
Boutwha
I’m curious he belched Excuse me.
I’m curious whatever he smiled thought he was being clever he resisted comment
I’m curious whatever happened to bird legs . .
.
. Kristen
Wow . . you remember her name.
I remember every womans name I
slept with
You
he closed his other eye he might have been trying to read
the bathroom stall he wrote them on
he sighed Not . . right . . . now. he
opened his eyes Kristen is bird legs.
Or is bird legs Kristen.
Kristen
Bird legs is an attribute which youll recall made her an exception
But eventually you broke upquit
seeing each other . . . so aside from her brain did anything else contribute to
her exception?
We quit seeing each other because
she returned to Maryland for Christmas
she took a semester offsaid she was getting a little crispy
We sharedenjoyed a mutual
freestyle tossed telephone calls back an forth Ya free I am We were usually able to make time
for each other
Anything else . contribute to her
exception?
She liked my conch chowder made it
fresh free dove for it
Never had it.
Yare missing out Get a chance try it
Guys you lived with didn’t eat it?
Didnt offer wasnt sleeping with em
something like a butterfly fluttered in his eyes Aah . .
Aah. What’s aah mean?
he laughed deeply
What’s funny?
What are you laughing
about?
Jaysus
We didnt mind rug burns not knees spines shoulder blades handselbows how I almost forgot Nuts
1619, Saturday,
25 6. 22
1310, Thursday,
30 6. 22