Springs arrived!

inside saw a fly dancing against glass 

                                        Whered ya come from man

outdoors saw a hummingbird flit among blooming treetops

evidence plenty enough for him

   Small sample size. they had a cajolinghabit of being contrary  coercive

Yare a prick small sample size  whadaya need

                                                   A plane flying overhead pulling a banner ASSHOLE, IT’S SPRING! fabricated just for you

I’m just saying I don’t know that. 

While Im not thrilled by idioms they do serve their purpose  Tha excuse of yours has grown whiskers

You don’t know.

I do I call on my combinedcompiled life experiences 

                                                      I can do tha because I rememberhave memories 

For a guy who cant seem to keep up withdelete trash folders in his email or iPhone ya certainly do a bangup job with your memories long an short term

You don’t know that.

Go to hell Its evident 

                       Im calling it From this day forth were rumbling towards Summer

You’ll be wrong.

Id rather be wrong than braindead

1017,  Monday,  27  3. 23

characters move from scene to scene as in plays movies in life from speech to speech  dramatic  comedic       

   soliloquies 

                 sequentially 

rather he preferred mad irreverent episodes that only made sense when revealed from the depthsthe throes of exposition their import  export 

                        Hows your memory

if one isnt paying attentioncant remember then theyd be unable to compilethread the tumbling revelations 

                                                                                                               pull

on the right string  

lost  wrong

   memories are garments hung and dried on a clothesline  the rude heavier clothing gathered first folded manipulated laid in a wicker basket the finer garments laid atop them so theyre not crushed  ironing made easier

from these recollections – collections  a story is implied

he didnt name socks and underwear theyre speeches vague descriptions pastel softlycoloured shading shadows why give somethingsomeone a name if they wished not 

wished anonymity

   he was not a namer  an arbiter 

                                     assuming responsibility  who perhaps later is refused reneged            

make of it what you will

 

he couldnt name the shadows that flew across his eyes and disappeared out of sight

 

2251,  Sunday,  5  3. 23

1029,  Monday,  27  3. 23

Men  Original Sound Track  The Tip of the Blade  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrvnoOU_lo0

he misread the title of the article his brain influences his eyes 

                                                                       formers beer track advantage over Ron DeSantis          

he read beer truck thoughtDamn finally somebody else has got it right 

he was wrong

   apparently he remains to the best of his knowledge the only one to have it right or willing to say it out loud

1736,  Sunday,  26  3. 23

0927,  Monday, 27  3. 23

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/25/trump-desantis-gop-primary-00088730 

Hank Williams, Jr.  Tear in My Beer  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM8tROzp4Dc

Martyr?   Ooh horseshit Wha

   Awright   Ill tell ya wha

Lets nail him to the cross

If 2000 years from now formers words stand

Ill concedeIll apologise  

1022,  Sunday,  26  3. 23

Jesus Christ Superstar  What’s the Buzz/Tell Me What’s Happening  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbGEuNi2SKs 

braying ass  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPpQ8wWYmsA

Jon Stewart  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXL6YHNC_Gw

looked like he was trying to balance a chip on his shoulder 

                                                                You got people here? 

he lied  said he did but he was convincing 

                                            because truthtelling was paramount he imaginedcobbled his people back East to be somewhere in the widedispersed hamlet  practised   his utterance was believable

the guy who asked said he was a local

he knew from the three weeks he was there that being unattached could threaten his welfare hed lived in other small communities  they favoured their own wouldnt know it as a form of nepotism because they didnt know the word he dumbed down his vocabulary even as his mind screamed otherwise  for his agility tact it gave him a headachewouldnt talk to him  made him sleep on the couch

nevertheless he prevailedhe fit in 

                                   be damned if hed let themas he was outnumbered  overrun him  procure liberate disperse whawas his 

Yah  I got people but you woudnt know them

What’s their name?

You woudnt know them becausesorry to say likely they woudnt know you 

                                                                                  they were one on one 

he woudnt square off with him unless he had others at his back

   he was confident

confidence isnt a ploy  got it or ya don  

demoralised the chip fell

I have somewhere to be in tenDISMISSED 

                                                You have a fine day 

he grumbled something

   chip may have fallen in his mouth

1212,  Monday, 13  2. 23

1630,  Sunday,  26  3. 23

Talking Heads  Once in a Lifetime  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0jgT9UX0Q

duhbelevers went to Waco to hear duhwacko fume  lie 

                                                          feigns awareness of cultist Koresh playing Jonestown right down to driving the finalnail in the coffin feigned the Proud Boys “stand back and stand by” feigned Charlottesville “there were very fine people on both sides” feigned KKKs David Duke “Just so you understand, I don’t know anything about David Duke, okay?”

nice thing about wackos Duke remark  hit the nail on the head “. . . I don’t know anything . . .”

   No   he doesnt know anything     

1234,  Sunday,  26  3. 23

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/15/full-text-trump-comments-white-supremacists-alt-left-transcript-241662 https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/28/politics/donald-trump-white-supremacists/index.html

Why he coudnt say

Why not he woud ask 

alongside the railroad tracks gravelscatter broken rock iceplants weathered woodposts sixbys strangled by strands of rusty barbedwire cross slats between them either fallennails gave way hanging  others on the fenceline bentbowed by moisture sun  grain and gravity

tinder crossed his mind

                        but also who built it what it must have looked like when it was new the ground or fields surrounding it before their erosion 

                                      a time machine would have been nice 

also crossing his mind 

                        the fence  a long flaming wick or fizzingfuse combusted by a careless match or carefree lightning strike

1138,  Monday,  13  2. 23

1123,  Sunday,  26  3. 23

Beatles  Get Back (to where we once belonged)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKJqecxswCA

No he thought she woudnt have misspelled the wordif it was a word probably wasnt his brain autocorrected it to venom  but thahad nothing to do with money she owed him

he texted her  :  :  I do not know wha venmo is

  :  :  Truly?

 :  :  I woudnt lie to you. which setoff Annie Lennox Eurythmics playing in his head  he tapped his foot to the time

  :  :  It’s a mobile payment service.

  :  :  An app?

  :  :  Yes.

  :  :  No. Nobody enters my account except me.

  :  :  It’s really convenient, I can send you what I owe directly to your bank.

  :  :  No, no stinking apps for me. Mail me a check.

  :  :  Hahaha. Yes, you told me your granddaughter told you she has more apps on her cellphone.

  :  :  A different world, or as she would write diffrent, Ben Franklin would have approved.

  :  :  No, huh? When are you going to come into the 21st Century?

which setoff in his head a clothes-tearing catfight between Timi Yuro and Brenda Lee  Make the World Go Away  his money on Timi

  :  :  I’m only dying in it. 

 

1411,  Monday,  13  2. 23

1012,  Sunday,  26  3. 23

Would I Lie to You  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C3HYOLJSoM 

Make the World Go Away  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVcbfUWbRPA & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCpW_eqXKI0

shot pool

didnt get stoneddidnt drink

crushed it

she didnt

she regretted playing him for clothingthey were barefooted

so blouse shirt

bra tshirt 

belts

pants

panties shorts

   Good thing we played 8-ball Buckwheat not 9-ball Id have had ya bucknaked inside forty minutes

You’re not funny.

No 

     admiring her    But yare mighty beautiful naked 

while they shot they yapped 

                             she mentioned Trumpvirus she listened to himtook on some of his vernacular It’s finally abrading yeah? 

No

   What do you mean no?

I checked March10 351 Americans died a day between it and 57 days earlier

looked like she got gutpunched Tell me you’re kidding.   Please.

No I don kid about his criminal inaction 

she went upstairs to shower

Im right behind ya babe checkin on something

he looked at his blog  1,148,391 dead March10 15 days earlier today 1,153,580 5,189 divided longhand 346 dead a day 

        not much of an improvement

339preferred,  Saturday,  25  3. 23

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

Harry Nilsson  Coconut  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsSuueEGQSM

the bus broke down

driver pulled it off to the side of the road

it was bleeding out

they werent going anywhere 

some of the passenger were irritatedsome angry   he was amused

wheels come off of things

machinery  mechanisms relationships 

                                         people breakup

allbout maintenance

keep an eye on the moving partseye for signs of trouble

if something seems amiss ya notice it work on it 

                                                          or itll roll to an empty halt 

wasnt often he got to sitstill in a bustedbus

he sat with silent people 

                           those who had something to say disembarkedstood on the roadside discussed their disgust talked on their cellphones  three crossed a shallow grassy ditch to a barbedwire fence  had a cigarette

   amusing himself he wrote on a piece of paper  SITTIN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SIDE came off his pen crazylike the S and D bigger than the I an E florid in his red ink 

                                                         made him laugh  he might have made a dandy tagger scrawling nonsense on train cars walls alleyways signs viaducts overpasses trestles anything that didnt move or stoodstill a stupidminute  undecided

1354 & again 1419,  Monday,  13  2. 23

305preferred,  Saturday,  25  3. 23

Carville the Ragin’ Cajun a Democratic political operator strategist 

                                                                      “DeSantis proves the wisdom of Mike Tyson, ‘Everybody’s got a plan until ya hit ‘em in the mouth.’ That guy, don’t know whether to wind his wrist or scratch his watch and he tried to play in a league he can’t play in, that’s pretty evident. He’s a confused guy and Trump hit him in the mouth and he lost his plan, he just went total off key. My hat’s off to Iron Mike.”

. . . wind his wrist or scratch his watch 

                                         couldntwait to share that shared it with a buddy cat didnt get it 

Wha don ya get

I don’t know what he means.

Its a polite take on an old idiom

That’s no help.

Christ ya growup under a rock

                                  Carville rephrased he don know whether to wind his watch or scratch his ass

   No.   I’ve not heard either before. 

nonplussed  Really

Is that hard to believe?   Really. Yes.

Its tha hard to believe   

                            So lemme ask Can we compare fathers

Why?

We grewup in their houses under their wings

   Okay.

Mines a crackup  According to you yours walked on waterimagined it helped when he was fishing

I didn’t say my father walked on water.

Ya don have to you refer to him as father I call mine dad 

                                                               Tell me this do ya think you could have done an impersonation of your father tha you find hilarious to his face an hed recognise himself laugh with you at it

No.

   No   Can you elaborate

Not really.  Nothing . really . . . to elaborate. 

                                                You? 

Ya kiddin me 

               When we were shooting pool down at the hall last week I did his impersonation of his buddy Bighead Louie Toldya Louie was a pool shark suffered hydrocephalus died just out of high school 

                                                                                              Ya remember  

I don’t.

On occasion shooting pool with my dad I pull Louies trick on himthe impersonation he taught me of Louie  We laugh like idiots

        Not pulling any strings for you 

I’m not . . followingwhat’s the impersonation.

Awcomon  Deduce a taunt they plied backnforth

Don’t tell me deduce.

nothing like telling a joke that goes over someones head  ya have to explain it 

                                                                           I pulled it on you not three weeks agocost ya a sawbuck

I don’t remember.

Ya don remember Louies gimmick an the ten-spot

I said so didn’t I? 

Man 

            Maybe some other time        

Ifya ever see me walk into a wall or scratch my back against a tree  Im doin hilarious impersonations of you

1449,  day-between-2-Ts,  11  1. 23

1040,  Saturday,  25  3. 23

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-hit-him-in-the-mouth-and-he-lost-his-plan-carville-says-desantis-crumbling-under-ex-presidents-blistering-attacks/

 

he was sitting on the foot of her bed naked

she returned to the bedroom  a huge sparklypurply cup of water in her hand

she took a deep sip then handed it to him  it was heavy

he took an equally deep draught

                                   they didnt empty it by half

she set it on the bedstand returning to him put her hand on top his head thoughtfully rubbed it 

                                                                                                   Back to bed baby?                                                     

he looked up into her face past her happy breasts smiled 

                                                              Yah    

she was quickpulled back the blanket topsheet slipped under them

Gotta admire your enthusiasm kid

she pulled the blanket up to her eyes and giggled even muffled it teased

he stood walked along the bed leaned over  kissed her

she tossed the coverings aside he slipped in beside her pulling the covers up and nuzzledkissed her armpit

she giggled I’m ticklish.  she smelled so good  like freshbaked bread

                                                                          Im not tickling Im nibbling 

It tickles. 

My beardhavent shaved in a couple of days

she bit her lower lip struggled between wanting an not wanting him nibbling 

                                                                                   she endured

 

   Stop.  Please.

he stopped kissed her warmly 

tousling his hair again You were in thought when I came back.

Yes  he smiled wolfishly 

                              I was thinking 

she pulled on his ear What were you thinking?

more wolfish I was thinking how much I like your pubic hair 

she rapped him on the head

                              My pubic hair?you like my pubic hair? 

Adore it absolutely

                        But I was thinking . .

. . Thinking what? her grin approaching wolfish

he chuckled 

               I was thinking  wondering   if I woud like your pubic hair as much if I coud grow a full beard moustache

she burst out laughing  didnt cover her mouth

teasing  Then maybe you woudnt have to have hair

Like a little girl? 

                   I was a little girl . . no more.

No 

   Yare fullgrown  delicious   Don change a thing I love you as you are

1424,  day-between-2-Ts,  11  1. 23

1108,  reggaefriday,  24  3. 23

Tony Allen  Eparago (Yoruba for join forces)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja6xb9T87bk

Art critic James Elkin argues that paintings are puzzles we feel compelled to solve in order to ease our perplexities about the world in which we find ourselves as well as our uncertainties as to how it is that we found ourselves here 

   courtesy of Timothy Brooks  Vermeers Hat

puzzling paintings

to be solved 

             the idea confused him 

his experience  paintings  artwork  usually absorbed inhabited him 

he an his girlfriend viewed The Girl with the Pearl Earring at San Franciscos Legion of Honor  it was first time in nearly 30 years that Hagues Mauritshuis museum had loaned her for exhibit   

they slowly deliberately worked their way through the gallery artworks that accompanied acting as court to the enclave where she was displayed they approached asif approaching an altar sobersomber   reverent

they had viewed The Girl for more than forty minutes 

                                                        when they left they backed awayhad a difficult time taking their eyes away from her  they felt dopedmesmerised  

they carried their precious experience throughout their four hour ride home through dinner through the night an when they woke in the morning they laid in bedpropped up on pillows enjoying turning the pages of the exhibits catalogue 

speaking for himself he couldnt say or recall he thought anything in The Girls presence 

he did however appreciate Mr Elkins Mr Brooks salient impression

round1430,  Thursday,  23  3. 23

1001,  Reggaefriday,  24  3. 23

https://www.famsf.org/press-room/girl-with-a-pearl-earring-dutch-paintings-from-the-mauritshuis

friend texted  :   :  I sent Inquisition reference to you when you were away .. obviously you had other things on your mind…  we need to remember those thighs in real time

  :  :  I see you did – however I was referring to our last klatch – 10March – well after I was gone – when we also drew a blank regarding the Inquisition

Makes me wonder why we’ve drawn a blank twice – probably because we were tortured to death in our past lives

I like “thighs in real time”  spell-check gone wrong? or clever?

  :  :  Yes!

  :  :  yes to which question, yahoo

  :  :  Sp err first then clever to leave it

  :  :  ah  that explains it   AI, your real wingman!  hur 

   things  thighs

he preferred thighs to thingspreferred thathing between the thighs even more

0953,  Thursday,  16  3. 23

127preferred,  Thursday,  23  3. 23

Woudya quit your bellyachingNOno  No yare no pur . . 

. . I am! . .

. . A wannabe 

                A purist is only an attempt a try one verges on the definition of perfect perfection  It is not attainable

   Sometimes I thinkI feel I have

Think   Shoudnt you say I believe I have Theres a big gulf between thinking an believing

You always split hairs.

Theyre worthwhile splitting one shoud vie to be as accurate as possible thereby eliminating incorrect perceptions versions 

         Woudntya agree  seek precisionnot be taken out of context    Woudnt wannabe purists agree

You really drive a hard bargain.            

An I have an example

                           A nun     Coud we agree a nun seeks to be pure 

Where’s this going? 

   Please

            Coud we agree

This feels like a trap.

Paranoid

To be honestyeah.

Were talkin about a nun not you

Has nothing to do with me?

Only indirectly 

                I promise it wont hurt nothing ya havent heard before

   Heard before?

Hear me out

Okay.

I mean listen 

               Ya have a bad habit of things going in one ear an out the other

Okay okay. I’ll listen.

Im counting on it

I’m listening listening . .

. . An growin impatient

What do you want out of me? 

   Your undivided attention for a minute likely less

A nun a nun, what about the nun I’m listening.

he jumped in with both feetstruck while the iron was hot We agree a nun seeks to be pure

Yes. Fullfledged . . she’s married to God.

A bride of God yahweh

We agree.

We do 

           Your paranoia waning abating

   A little.

Good A nun a bride of God   She seeks to be pure

Yes.

I slept with a young nun

shocked eyesbugged You had sex with a nun?

Theyre human beings too 

                               We got carried away

   You fucked . . a nun?

I did

What was that like?

Like sleeping with any other women  She has the same desires same foibles as anyone

Did she remain in the church?

She did  We chalked it up to youthful indiscretion

                                                      Church believes  believes believes in forgiveness

See my point as it pertains to you

   crickets

1414,  day-between-2-Ts,  11  1. 23

1234,  Thursday,  23  3. 23