Its rude to eat alone 

                     he couldnt have imagined the legs that line grewwhere they took him  thrice 

things came in threes

been his experience

                     twice over four years sounds right not threefive over his career where was his old man when he used that descriptor when he worked for a furniture rental company  working his way up from deliveryman--driver to showroom employee  manager  working with customershustling new ones 

                                                                      he had a knack with people

coldcalled an attorneyfollowing a lead she was setting up a new branch office for her burgeoning practise

timing was off but before she could excuse herselfblew him off he finessed herhanded her a business card and suggestedencouraged that the immediate ramifications of dumping dough suffering the outlay could be amortized by renting desks credenzas bookshelves write-offs thereby enabling her to enjoy what he did best  his flexibility  service acumen

within the week she calledset an appointment to meet at the showroom although realisedadmitted her time fell outside his the showroom closed 

                            Wha time Ill open for you

they met at seventhirty in the evening

                                       unfortunately something gyrated on her endher time suddenly limited No sweat  Ill walked you through our basic intermediate highend selections  he also provided her a pamphlet which he noted that he hired the photographer wrote its text

having to leave she apologisedthanked him 

                                              I liked what I saw. Let me make arrangements and I’ll call, we’ll setup another time.

Im happy to unlock the place  please keep that in mind

she dashed off

three days past 

his boss got a bug up his asswanted to bet against him he wasnt keen on his hustling  that was because he liked going out during the day and when he was gone hed have to mind the store  

he bought a new Vette

he wanted to be out driving around

   Hunred dollars

What? A hundred dollars.

Put up or shut up 

                      sucker bet his boss could be provokedhad a macho thing that begged picking at  

smirking his boss went to his pantspocket produced folded cash bound by a green celery rubberband  he unfolded five twenties 

           You’re on, lip, where’s your money? 

Im good for itya know that Ifya prefer hold onto yoursyoure good for it  If not Ill lift it from petty cash

You won’t.

Ya know me better than that

with a flourish his boss hid the hunred under a pretty paperweight on his desk which was immediately behind his

We’re on. 

We are

But she has to rent, not just call back.

Understood

it was another three days of cheap shotsmocking before she called again to set up an appointment 

she took him up on unlocking the business and apologised for not calling sooner she had been called out of town unexpectedly

Please you neednt explain Im grateful were able to meet again. 

she brought her office floor plans blueprints measurements when she came

also brought her baby

Goodness Congratulations

Thank you, she’s a little trooper . .

. . Like her Momma

                     A month an a haf two months Im the eldest of sixbeen round plenty of babies all my life

She’s two months.

                     was cute as a button 

Her name

Ambrosia, Amber for short.

he pulled the blanket down from her chin

                                              I can see that  Bold

Thank you

Anif I may you look fantastic  First babygood experience

Yes.

A setup baby

Set up?

Yes So goodamazing that baby two is a shoo-in

Well, my second babyif ever will be years in the making. My husband isn’t . well . . we’re divorcing . he’s not keen. 

Hes a prick

her eyes flashed like a she-wolf

Save it Monica  hes a prick 

                              Neither you or Ambrosia ought to suffer him 

Ambrosia began crying

Awnuts, what time is it?

Approaching eight

I have to feed her. she handed him a list of furniture she needed  Let’s do this, if you don’t mind I'll feed her.

Help yourself Ill draw up the papers

                                        he walked into his office  Monica followed

pulling forms to pen she undid her blouse and began breastfeeding

   not to look would defy all his male instincts

Ambrosias suckling and smacking didnt help matters

he watched several moments then raised his eyes meeting Monicas 

                                                                       without hesitation  Whas wrong with Ambrosia havent you taught her any manner  she ought to know its impolite to eat alone

Monica surprisedburst out laughingstartled Ambrosia who began crying between peals of laughterher mouth uncovered Shush sshshush sssh sweet girl, shush, sssh.

Ambrosia quieted  began smacking again

smiling Monica said

                      OhJoe, you’re bad.    

You have no ideano idea Monica

1109,  Thursday,  12  1. 23 

1926,  Thursday 

Dan Fogelbery/Tim Weisberg  Tell Me To My Face  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mI6qw6LNeE

penseedream 

lament 

lactating teen

breastfeeding her baby girl

in her countryfashioned kitchen 

   “It’s rude to eat alone.”

prior to 0700,  Thursday,  12  1. 23

1051,  Thursday

buddy was trying to rebuff his rebuke of artifice  he knocked augmentation enhancementbuddy refused to concede cosmetic surgery plastic surgery artificial tits were artifice

he doubledup ridicule Stop it, you’re being ridiculous.  

steelyeyed Whas ridiculous

his steelyhardblue eyes were discerning  buddy knew he had a short fuse 

                                                                        Okay . okay alright . . I have given this some thought . . an I think I’ve found the perfect scenario that will call you out . . . if you would . call your bluff.

   Bluff  Regarding our enduring dislocationdisagreement  augmenting enhancing euphemisms 

                                                                                                      Cant wait  Continue 

Cheshire Cat smile oozed across his face cat who ate the canary who was supposed to work the next day in a mine 

                                                                                                                In a word.

I’ve no doubt you know it and likely would use it. NO.  Then nothing more than spiting me.

In a . .

. . You said 

Orgasmatron.

From Woody Allens Sleeper

Yes, you know it.

I know it  Woudnt use it

You wouldn’t? looked like he wanted to spit   You are spiting me.

No nah  Miles MonroeWoodys character didnt use it   He hid inside it 

                                                                           Shutting the door it turned on

But he came out pleasedhad that rode hard and put away wet look. 

Classic slapstick Three Stooges style

Maybe. 

           But he certainly looked euphoric . in a burntmatch manner. Had he not been discovered by the jackbooted orangejumpsuit cops . . perhaps . hed have stayed put . . lusting . .  implied lusting asif a starryeyed waif a smitten Cinderella racing home before the coach turned into a pumpkin 

Tellya wha you do you an Ill do me  It sounds rightup your alleybet ya might follow Miles immediately 

                                                                                                                I can only imagine the mess can you   Like cleaningup a honeyhut ya know honeyhuts

Yes. 

        where was the Cheshire Cat going

Yave used them

he cleared his throat 

                     Yes.

Ever empty clean one 

No.

Ever see maintenance don on one

   No.

But you can imagine

I suppose I can. 

   Sloppy seconds aint even close 

                                   So why whywoud I use an orgasmatron  I believe ya woudnt 

Wheels come off the ride 

he didnt wait around  goes without saying

202preferred to 1402,  Reggaefriday,  6  1. 23

2334,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  11  1. 23

orgasmatron  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isrd7E5nzIQ

Steely Dan  Only a Fool Would Say That  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvz0TOm0zgI

he was a manchild a minimalist informed by small  the components that madeup living he thought Life but they were different

         the little things that badgered and bitchedforced their way in  swellingdistorting themselves like blowfish to attract his  wandering   attention

as a kid adults his parents teachers relations worried about his lack of focusPAY ATTENTION! 

he was not not paying attention 

                                 they failed to realise their competition with the small thingssometimes animate  tender parts of what he named mosaic 

                                 sugar bowls and shotglasses beef jerky and trees bark bees hummingbirds shadows of falling leaves creek eddies birds soundlessly soaring overhead which caused him pause to watch minutes on end imagining what it looked like from their height or what they were looking at  and that at altitude most things appeared small to them 

               thenagain  recognising their kinship

0843,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  11  1. 23

Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66  Look Around  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1hDw8vsl2E 

Prazier Adieu  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFz9n_ZfQJ8

   At first I was troubled  keenly troubled thamebbe  mebbe I was stuck in a rut   Then thinkin hardthinkin it through I was definitely  okay   where I was

                                           Worse places to be

Worse than a rut? are you kiddin’ me?

her crystalblue eyes were devastating he  couldntwouldnt lie to her 

                                                                           Nah ya know me better

I woudnt kid you

Well . you’re a better man than . .

. . Thankgoodness  Youd make a lousy man 

                                                 he chuckled  

she shook her headshaking off his interruptionhis compliment 

                                                                 Whenever finding myself in a rut I ‘bout go nutsobsessing how to get at it, lose it.

Your ruts are ugly

Ugggly 

         Yours aren’t?

Sometimes most of the time  But this ones different it appeals to me unlike any before  Rut

                                                                                                 From Latin from Old French late Middle English  rugitus   from rugire to roar 

                                                         I know 

I looked it up

amused her head worked slowly side to side   she smiled 

                                                                You’re strange . so strange.

   But your kind of strange

still smiling 

               Definitely. 

You’re okay? I can’t help you . . with your . rut?

My rut   No 

               he couldntwouldnt lie to her 

                                              he cleared his throat  My rut  first was sexualextraordinarily sexual crazy sexual an has grown into love Ive fallen in love    With you 

fuckin poker face

he couldnt read her 

Wanna throw a dog a bone

she hadnt hid her smiles dimples laughter behind her hand before 

                                                                      I love rutting with you  Wanna bone a blueeyed bitch

333preferred to 1533,  Twosday,  10  1. 23

906preferred to 2106,  Twosday

Fleetwood Mac  Woman of a Thousand Years  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQYHFWGXeDk 

Rush  Vital Signs  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R56qgreCRhQ

he evicted a black widow

                          placed her fanny under a flirtatious sun in a dry spotshaking his finger at her

Donya darecoud have set you in a puddle don be making evileyes at me

they knew something of evileyes 

                              though given her numerouseyes hed concede shed have the upperhand if push came to shove 

       but he didnt shovedidnt shove her out caught her gently in a vintage Welchs dinosaur jelly jarcapping it with his hand  not concerned that she might bite himhe hadnt threatened her  an given his extensive relationship with black widowsthey going back decades  he had no doubt his kind considerations had found their way across untold generations  Jungs collective unconscious  while Jungs preference was human beings he believed all earthlings were connected ansince trillions more were feral than men and women woud ever be again  their connectedness was deft and defiant

   Dad, you’re nuts.

You know the storiesyouve confirmed the stories with those who saw  How can you think Im nuts

A kneejerk reaction . good point . . but that said I wouldn’tya couldn’t make me . . walk step across any of those miles in your moccasins.

Understood  though I havehave sought the relationship

                                                             Hasnt failed me yet

You know the story of the scorpion and the frog?

I do

     Do you know the story of the scorpion and the elephant

   No.

Its a good one  I don want you to think Im thoughtless

Though you are confident.

   Yes  Confident not deluded

 

You won’t change your mind? asked the black widow 

                                                             she smirked a bit 

Goes without saying?

he nodded

1033,  Twosday,  10  1. 23

1450,  Twosday

Beatles  Hello, Goodbye  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywZqBGHDTlA

Jungs collective unconscious  https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-collective-unconscious-2671571

https://patimes.org/the-scorpion-and-the-frog-a-fable-for-contemporary-times/

augmented

enhanced 

          shied away from cosmetic surgery plastic surgery artificial implants because 

   Because why

Why?  It’s a matter of semantics, you refuse to admit we’re saying the same thing, you get hungup on words how they’re stated.

                We’re saying the same thing.                                     

   No were not  Don prettify something continue being euphemistic youHA  yare rather a euphemystic  M – Y – S – T – I – C 

        I wish youd stop cause I coud really turn a screw fireup the heat

You could?

   Yes

       Awwha the hell JA coud Herr Goebbels   Repeat a lie often enough it becomes true tenet of propaganda the illusory truth effect  I know you follow because you present yourselfthink of yourself as honest  though not without caveats 

That’s an awful thing to say.

No

     Ya know coud provokes me an when Im provoked I let loosegive myself full rein  Yacant count on our friendship anymore than my family can as family tha Ill not abuseabrade them for their indiscretions or lies  I can play nice but wont resist callin a spade a spade

So are you going to agree tha artificial tits are artificial tits anwhile if I were on-line dating a dealbreaker  but yare cool antha maybe howd yasay itcorrect me if Im wrong   Cant wait to get my hands on those babies immediately sexualising a womanYES end game of dating  but shoudI woudnt hopscotch frogjump over wha coud be wonderful  preliminaries between start an  annot tha Ill call it finish or end

I understand youd prefer cutting to the chase antha being the case  don bother posting a resumethas wha their called resumes   don post at an on-line dating app rather postup at a fuck app

                                                                                    Then ya can  canpossibly get your hands on those babies

Yousuddenly some kind of celibate asexual? Jesus.     

Nein 

      Be hard for a woman to keepup with my fantasies as I masturbate  I know I woudnt wanna try to keepup with theirs

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1139,  Twosday,  10  1. 23

repetition  https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161026-how-liars-create-the-illusion-of-truth

Awright . . it’s been long enough, I feel if I don’t bring this up you won’t.

Wontwha

   You may not recall . . 

. . Do you recall

I’m bring it up.

Yes you are 

             Therefore an excellent chance if you recall I will

Recall what?

Say 

     Im not a mindreader

Do you rec . .

. . Im sure I will

You constantly interrupt me . .

. . Yare worth interrupting

   Will you let . . 

. . Please

             Speak 

he could see it in his face that speak may have put him on par with a dog if he spoke so he purposefully held back

As . . I . was saying.

he waited patiently  he was more patient 

We were talking about virtual and augmented realities.

Yes  In your vernacular V R an A R 

                                      I recall

You do?

You do?

   Hate to say   Goes without saying what of it

Yes, what of it? 

                 You referred to it as a dealbreaker

I didnt refer I said it was

                            I began  virtual versus augmentedby the way  another dealbreaker if I had to suffer your on-line dating apps

That's what you said?

I did

What did you mean by that? 

What did you mean?

   An in short order again    Goes without saying

If a woman were enhanced . . 

. . Ya going to be euphemistic 

                                Lets either euthanise the conversation or call it what it is  plastic surgery 

Thas your augment your enhancement  correct

   It is.

Thank you

             Now call it plastic surgery you can say it 

I’m not going to.

Why

What do you have against itwhy do you have a hangup if someone corrects a defect?

   A defect

That’s what I said. had a little steam beginning to come out from under his collar

Don be bugged 

                  A defect  Yare really gettin squirrelyreally reachin  

Small breasts arent defects  Can everyone just be pleased with their physicality particularly if theyre healthy  Then theres those who are overweightOUCH siphoning fat liposuction  it begins in the home  not everyone overweight has a hormonal condition their endocrine systems put to taskchallenged by obesitywhich came first  the chicken or the egg  I believe the chick because an egg cant cumRIMSHOT Obesitychildhood obesity is not quiet or unobserved  it shutters windows diminishes the child  lack of exercise diminishes the child  although its easier to let television PCs laptops computer games babysit children

   I didnt intend a rant

I agree with plastic surgery to tend to defects repair horrible accidents 

Cosmetic surgery does not repair defects  It is vanity   It is for beauty

Dealbreaker 

              When a woman Ive showered withan scrubbed freshscrubbed  She exits the bathroom wearing a different face  makeup  cosmetics 

                             Im on the road 

But thats a non sequitur because if she wore makeup to begin with Im not attracted  I don give a gawddamn how beautiful she is  

   It also goes without saying  

Beauty is only skin deep

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616preferred to 1816,  Monday,  9  1. 23

he doesnt do it because hes morbidly curious

his curiosity peaks when wha shoud be reported day-by-day on the front page of every newspaper scrolling on every chyron on every screen smartphone social media wha coudbe more social than death 

                                                                                      reported in the Washington Post today

synthetic opioid fentanyl is the #1 cause of death for Americans 18-49   Don do it   I cant help myself   Before yasay let me put my fingers in my earsI saw the article  Ready   Cause of death for Americans 18-49  the Barbara Bush Foundation for Literacy found that 54% of American adults ages 16-73 CANT read at a Fifth Grade level

he coudnt help but wonder wha the illiteracy – fentanyl deaths Venn diagram woud look like

he tapped himher shehe heshe on the shoulder and mouthed Im done

the fingers came out of their ears

according to the Post nearly 200 Americans die every die from the drug  of the estimated 107,622 deadly drug overdoses in 2021  twothirds were from fentanyl

   STILL 

           NOT on the front page NOT scrolled on chyrons is todays Trumpvirus deaths in America  1,121,298

Dec13 he saw there were 1,109,983 hed do the math because he was pretty sure majority as the Bush Foundation reveals WOUDNT

         11,315 Americans have died nearly 377 a day he was two days shy of a 30-Day average

Trumpvirus kicks fentanyl to the curb

Americans kick Americans to the curb

an whos to say those overdose deaths werent suicides

     

0938,  Twosday,  10  1. 23

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

his buddy  always looking to raise the stakes challenge his dislike of A I and C G  artificial intelligence  computer-generated  which he recently cobbled into a biological-logical vein or theme reminiscent of the nucleotides A C G T adenine cytosine guanine thymine  the genetic building blocks for DNA  deoxyribonucleic acid   though out of order and I holding Ts place  got clever on him

                                           talking out of his ass 

So what’s your thoughts on V R versus A R . . 

. . None  Wittgenstein 

                       An acronyms ought to be preceded by wha they are  which ticks me off anwhy you don

he staunch a sigh in his throat realising it would have been inappropriate It’s virtual reality versus augmented reality.

Neither which has bearing or influence on me  Sounds like gaming avenues or venues  Your sons game are they bringing you along

I play on rare occasions, and usually consume all the patience they can muster.

Thas good of them an good of you  My girls wanted to try but I cut them off at the knees  Play your games Ill make a puzzle read a book watch a flick  Puzzles are bout as interactive as I get  Or boardgames  They are welcome to their fantasies talking to the top of his headhad his nose in his smartphone 

                                                                           plowing ahead Virtual versus augmentedby the way an attempt to get his attention another dealbreaker if I had to suffer your on-line dating apps 

WHOA!  Go slow, one thing at a time, I’m looking up the difference . .

. . You don know  yet yare asking me

Excuse me . . got out a little ahead of myself . .

. . Out over your skis

Yes . in a manner of speaking . . so the difference . . reading from my Google inquiry “AR uses a real-world setting while VR is completely virtual. AR users can control their presence in the real world; VR users are controlled by the system. VR requires a headseat devise, but AR can be assessed with a smartphone. AR enhances both the virtual and real world while VR only enhances a fictional reality.”  he looked up

   Ill  read a booknot an audiobookthank you very much  A book in hand not an eReader

Jesus, man, the world’s going in that direction!

An it can go on its merry way

You’ll be left behind . . 

. . By people I have no interest in

 

   There is that.

he harrumphedlaughed crossed his arms over his chest  Well snatchingparaphrasing Oliver Hardys catchphrase  heres another nice mess yare tryin to get me into 

                                             Mebbe next time round 

And about augmented?

For a future conversation  because I know well disagreefeel it in my bones

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1308,  Monday,  9  1. 23

A R v. V R  https://cointelegraph.com/metaverse-for-beginners/augmented-reality-vs-virtual-reality-key-differences