Good trip back home? she asked

home had always been where his parents lived  he hadnt made one for himself 

                                                                             Yes Im filing it under Wonders Never Cease

Never’s a mighty long time.

It is it is

If I may, what wonder, wonders?

Singular Turns out I have a cousin who is a bearded woman

 

                                                                 She called me keezen  I said wha  Keezen cousin  I said Like kissing cousins an I kissed her

                                      Your beard tickles

I get tha every time.

Didnt wanna snap your streakhappy to hear  Its a nice beardnot scraggily full  yet softdowny

Thank you. she stroked it thumb index finger beginning under her nose running outward to the corners of her mouth then her hand fully employedchin in palm then stroking downward and finishing thumb and index meeting at her throat

I used to shave it off every day, what a pain in the ass, then when I did let it go, kept it trimmed, I was impressed, it’s a goodlooking beard.

It is suits your facemakes your eyes pop their green compliments its tawnybrown

Thank you.

Yare welcome Were polite arent we

A family trait.

Yes.

Understand you live in Tennessee

Appalachia, near Tennessee Valley, lot like Ukraine.

Thas a curious distinction 

Raises eyebrows.

Raised mine

It did.

Small town

Yes, village, I’m a teacher. I understand you live in a small town, rural California.

We have small in common keezen

she laughed You’re learning.

You taught me 

                 Do you make the family picnic often

Apparently, I understand, as often as you since you moved from Illinois.

Yes first time in almost thirty years though I was here for the first the first twentysix

I was here once as a little girl, this is my first time since.

Im happy we coincidedwhich isnt to say a coincidence I don believe in that

Neither do I. 

              Listen . . we have to work the crowd . .

. . The family . .

. . Is there a difference?

No 

    Anwere outliers

  Outliers.   I hadn’t thought of that. You’re right.

We is

       Maybe when the picnic breaks up we can get a beer  Id like that

I’d like that too, keezen.

they embracedkissed again then entered separate throngs  family all

Kissin keezens

early AMish Day-between-Two-Ts,  10  8. 22

1122,  Day-between-Two-Ts

https://wfpl.org/kindred-lands-scholar-talks-similarities-between-appalachia-and-ukraine/

Awright awright awright 

                            a guy can change his mind

he did say 

           I also dont travel . . . walk where I need to go  need not want  anif asked Id be hardpressed to name a place Id want to visit  going vicariously is every bit as good going

his daughter called

they had their usual twoanahalf hour tete-a-tete which tickled them more than they could say

                                                                                                   they solved all the problems of the world then before hanging upsaying Goodbye I love you erased the whiteboard returned it to its original Locked tabula rasa  unetched

in conversation she asked if hed heard of Point Nemo

he uttered it three times

                        epizeuxis Awright awright awright he had a habit of doing things in threes  Yaknow aside from Jules Vernes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Captain Nemo Nemo in Latin is Nobody which coud have been an homage to Odysseus I say Odysseus you say Ulysses Odysseus Ulysses Ulysses Odysseus Greek Latin Latin Greek  lets call the whole thing off he laughedtickled himself she listenedabided  But before they blinded the cyclops Polyphemus gypped oneeyed they told him they were Nobody hence why none of the other cyclopes came to his aid Nobody is killing me  the others thought he was cursed by the gods 

                                                   No nope Ive not heard of Point Nemo

he heard her suck in some air  Could I say?

Yes please it was hard to say which of them were more longwinded though for the most part they imparted hard knowledgedidnt bray like asses

Point Nemo is officially known as the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, rather, the point in the ocean farthest from land. There is no land for a thousand miles in any direction. As a matter of fact, astronauts aboard the International Space Station, orbiting 258 miles from Earth, have been closest to it.

Thats really cool

                      Do you know it coordinates

I thought youd ask so I wrote it down.

he heard her shuffle some papers I had it right here. shuffle Ohwha the hell shuffle shuffle shuffle  Here it is! Got a pen?

Always got a pen babe

It's Fortyeight degrees fiftytwopointsix minutes South, onehundredtwentythree degrees twentythreepointsix minutes West.

he repeated it once to confirm

she acknowledged he got it right 

I love you baby Thank you for calling Its always wonderful to hear your voice

I love you too, Papa.

he was no longer hardpressed to name a place hed want to visit   48°52.6’S 123°23.6’W

  

0906,  Day-between-Two-Ts, 10  8. 22

https://allthatsinteresting.com/point-nemo

he had a dream 

                  I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight . . . 

  his wasnt Kings 

                      he dreamt he birthed his daughters daughters

he birthed his eldests on a promontoryoutdoors above a blue sea on a rough blanket laid on the grass a vaginal birth

it raised his eyebrow because as he observed himself helping her deliver he knew her real life daughters were Caesarian

swaddling the babegiving her to his daughter he kissed her and told her her sister needed him hed return when he could

carefully he pickedwound his way down the promontorys descent to a rude cabin at its foot

inside he deliveredvaginally his other daughters baby girl it also raised his eyebrow because watching him he knew in real life she didnt want children

swaddling the babegiving her to his daughter he kissed her and told her he was going to check on her sister

halfway upunder a hawks cry he realisedstopped cold only then that his daughters birthed on the same day . . .

. . . the same day

 

                       he knew the day

hafturning he saw himself stand from inside a brightgreen copse they watched the other inquisitively  detecting that they knew what the other thought 

                                      they wept together apart 

dreams are founded in reality

early AM Thursday,  4  8. 22

1348preferred,  Twosday,  9  8. 22

Martin Luther King, Jr.  https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety

Wha do you see when you close your eyes at night

When I go to bed?

Yes while yare lyin in bedbefore you fall asleep

Nothing. Black.

Just black

Just black.

            I feel you against meholding me, holding my breast.  I listen to you breathe. I fall asleep.

My blackness is different

                           Maybe yours is like mine if you looked a little harder 

I see only black.

                 What do you see in yours?

Mine moves

Moves? How?

  Ha Its like a flat screen lava lamp 

                                      Sometimes it boils looks like vertical waves a surf washin left right  right left   Its mesmerising  Then slivered with grays suddenshards of crystallinewhite flash  I think itll erupt  but it doesnt hasnt  Not yetmaybe 

               Its very animated  Sometimes I think its serpentskin shed  quivering to a breathemaybe your breathing  I hear you too   or the slightest breeze

Eventually it calms goes flat  evenly 

                                       Like an black eye a pupil  looking at mewatching  a mirror begging reflection  Hinting  hints

I can only wish.

Maybe tonight Maybe you can look tonight

Are we going to make love?

Yes

     Arent we 

Yes.

     I want to make love with you every night.  When we go to sleep I’m exhausted, I don’t think I could see if I wanted to.

he nodded  Well Im not missing a night of making love so you can seenot the cut of my jib

Screwball.

late Day-between-Two-Ts,  3  8. 22

1154,  Twosday,  9  8. 22

Four Tet  Unspoken  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JWTStCnRiQ 

as he handed her a cup of coffeedshe selected it from among his too-many-cups from the cupboard she asked Did you just thank your coffeemaker?

My no-frills all-thrills Proctor-Silex I did ofcourse I did its not a slave to be abused 

                                                                                       I set the cream an sugar on the counter behind you

Thank you.

Yare welcome

she turnedset her cup on the counter to administer it

before pouring his he stepped up behind herran his arms between hers and held her by the shouldershis wrists warmed by her breasts he smelled her hair still mussed from sleep and their sex

                                                                             Fresh baked bread

I smell like fresh baked bread

Fresh from the oven Yes   Delicious 

                                        he kissed the back of her head and released her

before stepping away she turned quickly 

                                           Thank you. May I have a kiss please. 

Don have to ask me twice

they embracedkissed deeply

when they released each other he said Taste like fresk baked bread

You tease.

he winked at her and as she turned to her coffee he turned to pour a cup

                                                                             What are you gloatingbout  think Im gonna get lucky I am lucky

Excuse me?

I was talking to the coffeemaker

Again?

        she turned her coffee looked like caramel his smokingblack Do you converse with the machine when I’m not here?

Maker maker shes not a machine every morning I do not take her for granted an I thank her because she gives me pleasure

          Thank you too  he winked

smiling quicklydimples deployed so beautiful You’re a real charmer.

Thank you my Maw thought so too 

                                      Id tell her Thank you  Im so charming I can charm the panties off a girl . . 

. . You didn’t. 

I did

      You came out of yours didnt ya 

That’s not something to tell your mother.

Had to Apple didnt fall far from the tree

You tell her that too?

Yes I was charming her

                          Then Id step backlook at the kitchen floor beneath hershed be wearing one of her dusters You arent wearing panties this morning 

STOP. 

Im tellin ya

You’re terrible.

Thaswha shed say

   My goodness.

                   You had an interesting relationship with your mother

We did

        Because neither of us pulled our punches told it like it was chips fall where they may no hard feelings

Unconditional love.

   Yes   Every few weeks I want to call her then remember

I’m sorry.

he sipped his coffee

she took a sip of hers

Thank you She took a lot when she left

0911,  Twosday,  9  8. 22

3 Doors Down  When I’m Gone  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR5bk313MaQ

Gawdbless the erotic skywriter

scrawled in smoke

deftlyquickly composedexecuted

he stood

she kneeled

in profile

he could almost hear her weechoke she was practised

an to his credit he let her take him he wasnt a headpusher

theres a womens organisation against such men

he overheard a clutch talking

he excused himselfapologised Cant help it I can hear a dogs whistles

I stand in brotherhood with your ideal a man should leave a womans head alone not muss her do 

                                                                                                         he thought maybe theyd suffer an ahHa no  deadly serious 

Not that I woud but might yasayreveal one penalty Offhand I can imagine many  perhaps share one that might be inflicted

One?

Yes Just one  As I said Im imaginative

they said

WOW 

       Thas a doozywoud definitely break tha abysmal practise 

Yes they hissed

at once inasudden he realised he was at the edge of a snake den hibernaculum  juggling both balls in his mind he opted 

       Yave certainly formed a fine den

We think so.

              she who saidsitting upright was better than six feet tall he was six he wasnt intimidated made it was apparent

Your words are safe with me

Or you know what we’ll do.  a vulgar threat

Yes If I touch your head while you suck my cock  two can play at tha game

the smoke dissipated into haze 

her head was the last to go        

early AMish,  Thursday,  4  8. 22

343preferred, Monday,  8  8. 22

George Michael  I Want Your Sex  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3AP26ywQsQ

Hold onhold on he fingered his ears trying to clear them   I cant hear ya

How do you mean you can’t hear me?

he saw her mouth move 

                          I said HOLD ON I CANT HEAR YOU he couldnt hear himself  

he saw exasperation work in her face Sorry I really cant hear just now he took his fingers away he yawnedstretched his jaw side to side down forward side to side  inside his ears a loud ringing

confused she sat backcrossed her arms  waited

finally the RINGING ceasedstopped as abrupt as it began 

                                                             he yawned hard  HELLO

he could hear himself 

                        Thas better he looked across the table at her I apologise Im back

she unfolded her armsleaned forward 

                                         What was that about?couldn’t hear me.

That was crazy You knoware familiar with that sayin when your ears ring someone is talking bout ya

Yes.

Whoever was talking about me had to be screamin it deafened me on this end

Screaming?

Yah anits not like Ive givenI believe  someone reason to scream about me Im a nice gu . . 

. . A real peach.

You said it

I understand theres a cure first year of the Seventeenth century Pliny the Elder he also coined tinnitus

Do tell.

I was Eares ringing and singing, or having them any unnaturall sound and noise.

His cure?

I love it have any pregnant friends

Pregnant friends? What does that have to do with anything?

First confirms they have sex

Oh Jesus

Hell have to get in lineaint takin backseat to him Sloppy seconds Jesus

Oh My God.

In line

         I don know if theres a sloppy name for thirds

Dirty thirds?

Im not askingwere vergin on felchin

Felching?

Please he screwed up his face No  Tell me it aint so

Do I want to know?

Yawanna meet somebody down the road whos less a peach than me anave them say

Maybe not.

This is one for the books ya got a pen an paper

Stop the dramatics.

Welcome the traumatics Felching  suckingeating cum out of someones anus  Kinda  ifya think about it reminiscent of licking the cream out of a Hostess huur  crack me up Twinkies or CupCakes

                                                                               You

she retchedeyes teared

Nahhuh I saved you  Yare welcome  Im a peach of a guy  

                                                               Pregnant friend

Don’t miss a beat.

Careful histrionics affectation  Beat it . .

. . Would ya stop. I’ve forgotten your runon mind . .

. . Fun  A wild ride

Where are the life jackets?

More wild without em Pregnant friend

You’re not letting up?

Thad be so unlike me

she sat boltupright No pregnant friends.

Nuts

       I hate propositioning strange womenI like strange women I meant a woman Ive not met before

she sheshed 

             Really laboring this explanation all to hell.

No appreciable rest without work preceding it

                                                Yes  All to hell

Pregnant?

The cure

Cure?

For tinnitus screaming tha deafened me

Ohyes, foolish me. 

                     Afraid you’ve deranged me.

Rearranged you

More ways than one. 

                       Sally forth, embark.

Yes  I shall sally at your insistence

                                      Happy yave caught up 

I didn’t I didn’t, ya gave me a ride.

Yare welcome

So fuckin polite.

Patience wearing thin

My patience is exhausted, I’m beat helpless by your pyrotechnics.

Ohgosh Thank you Im flattered   Usually I dislike flattery but for you Ill make an exception

she was unimpressed Pregnant.

Yes the cure 

               A mixture of leek juice rose oil cumin honey breast milk got a rimshot for me 

she acted like she struck a snare drum

                                      I’m beat. 

Yasaid   

1032,  Sunday 7  8.  22

1146,  Monday  8  8. 22

tinnitus  https://www.dailysabah.com/life/2019/05/27/superstitions-busted-ringing-of-the-ears

two of his senses have an aversion to sameness seeing and hearing 

                                                                         of the other three two are mediocrecouldnt care less tasting smelling  which was okay because long ago he downgraded eating to purelyessentially fuel week to week he scarcely changes what he ingests he doesnt dine out unless he hasnt an option which ought to tip anyone who was cognizant  impliesinsists  he also didnt travel

                                                walking where he needed to go  needed not wanted anif asked hed be hardpressed to name a place he wanted to visit  going vicariously is every bit as good going  BETTER no connecting flights hotelmotel arrangements no tipping  actually hes tipped whomever might read this

touch proprioception(reception) waltzed in third regarding its aversion to sameness perhaps touched is more accurate  hes touched brain function alertness awareness acuity it loves dabblinplayin games with his sight and hearing

ACTUALLY his mistake hed compelLet the Body of Christ compel you. hadnt chirped that horrific line since walking home from the theatre after seeing The Exorcist Opening Night 

                                                    ACTUALLY thinking it through now  hed position touch brain function above seeing and hearing because it informed them freed them to do whatever they needed to in any given moment

Wha does this have to do with anything

Simple

STEEL PLATES AHEAD

                                   a yellow diamond road signinformational road sign insisted  Ya might want to slow down prick

his brain queried Whacha got

ears heard conveyed to eyeballs 

didnt have to hear

                   they were on point slick interlopers scouring sound for juicytidbits titillation  hawkeared  complimenting sights hawkeyed an awesome tandem 

emboldenedbolstered by his TOUCHedbrain eyes saw STEEL PLATES IN HEAD 

he had been near that remote road while a construction crew was placing them 

its tard flag man  shuffling walleyed sniffling handy with a pennant holding a radio to his ear manoeuvred virtually nonexistent traffic the sign appeared just over his shoulder he went leftdidnt headup the road fella probably couldnt pass muster IQ to enlist thatd be 81 on the Richter scale more than one standard deviation off the mean 15

he could believe he might be able to affix magnetic coloured alphabet letters to his skull

                                                                                              Whawould he print

Duh

     Steel Plates in Head

that might be an unfortunate thought

then again it might be very fortunate

130preferred, Sunday,  7  8. 22

2239,  Sunday

The Who  Pinball Wizard  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFrDpx7zLtA

cellphones while he despised they wereon occasion  humourous  faded in an out cut out at inopportune times

technology tickled him as only a luddite could be

                                                    Sorry missed tha

Missed that?   What?

Butt something

Butt?

Yah chase away those who try to jew ya or arrived early thinkin ya woudnt want to inconvenience them make em wait leave come back later because they were there now anwoudnt be coming back if ya sent them packing 

                                                                                                              Buhbye

Yes yes . . ah . I recall . . I said butt plugs. 

Thasnahwha I heard  Heard butt clubs 

                                          Figured if clubs like in spades ya had some real randy friends

Oh My God. 

he wished he could see the expression on her face

                                                      I love technology

she calledhad begun their conversation with her exclamation I’m a rich bitch! her garage sale was a huge hit his mind went immediately to the 200 screws for $2 Busy busy girlhuh?  I coudnt do tha woudve been spent at four 

                                                                                                                  but she provoked himsent him packingtickling down that sexual path  tipped him he was unstable to begin with anshe knew that

 

2118,  ReggaeFriday,  5  8. 22

1416,  Sunday,  7  8. 22

a Bit-O-Pensee like a Bit-O-Honey

    codpiece

scrotum exposed

he fumbled with a button

at feast at a Renaissance Faire

balls were right he dressed left

occurred 1047,  Sunday,  7  8. 22

1240,  Sunday