incredulous  WHO

You heard me.

I need to hear again

Jungle.

Mrs Jungle

Miss Jungl . .

. . Wait  Miss

              Ohfuck     Gimme more

she could see by his expression he was becoming untethered  she was awfully tempted to run with the ball

                                                                                                                unfortunately

he knew she went to Catholic school till late high school

                                                               she fulfilled his big eyes

hed know she wasnt telling the truth and would call her out

   Rather than me give you . . what have you got?

You don wanna know

OH . I definitely want to know.

When I say youll know

                             AnIll do it in a word

Miss Jungle . in one word?

Yah

Now I’m curious.

   I’m curiouswould you say.

he smiled  bemused  cruelly forcing her patience which he knew her sum total was zip

WOULD YOU . . . PLEASE . SAY.

theres something bout a beggin woman tha made him turgid

                                                                 stiff in an unbendin joint 

   Abraxas

OHSHIT.

Yah

      in her best white dress welltrained Roman Catholic liturgic responserepose

                                                                       Fuckyah.

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1612,  Sunday,  2  2. 25

https://visionaryhalloffame.weebly.com/abdul-mati-klarwein.html 

Jesus.  How long did you talk?

There was an interim  We talked overall seven hou . .

. . On the telephone. That’s nuts.

No

Ohyes.

Ill grant   comparatively to you

                                   Although Id not or woud I have anyone dare compare you to me  Too tall a high bar

High bar?

Regarding talkin on the phoneyah

How do you figure?

Jesus

Really

         I know you know my life story Yacant possibly compare mine to yours

My daughter and I  he laughedhis laugh deepened  deepened lengthened

                                                                                fairly a fit

finally able to contain himself

                                   Phew-oh  Fuckin hilarious 

Comparing me to you?

Don be butt hurt

                    Yacant compare

I disagre . .

. . Before you make an ass out of yourself  which youre utterlyamazingly proficient at  Hear me out

Those combined seven hours were due diligence with my daughterwhere does she live in-state

No.

No

    We havent lived in the same stateSTATE mind you not city  not locally not in twenty yearswhere does your family live  save for one child

You know why ask?

Driving home my point  Yaseem too thick to grasp itwent to open his mouth QUIET

                                                                                      Except for one year youve lived around your immediately familysave  one sibling

Yes or no

         Don want you to work too hard

begrudgingly Yes.

Yaunderstand this is not an argument

Yes.

Thank you

             My family parents siblings live twothousand miles away ansince I left home at eighteen Ive not lived in the same state as they

True

Yes.

My wife had the corporate job she was away from home usually half the month year in year out years yours

No.

Therefore

            To bridge those distances maintain relationships

Tell me

   On the phone.

Decades of practise

                         While you ride not twenty minutes an can talk face to face arrive late morning go home at night

   Seven hours

Yeah.

No grief  Awright

                    Anya coudnt because you woudnt

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1318,  Sunday,  2  2. 25

Youre fightin me on whether certain people can see others auras

Auras? Yeah.

                You’re out of your fuckin’ mind.

Infrared  Agree

Electromagnetic radiation, E M R, invisible to the human eye.

                                                                  You’d need a spectrogram.

No

   Ahh . . yes.

No

How can you possibly say no?

I canbecause I thinkbelieve well agre . .

. . I adamantly disagree.

   Wait

                Ya calm  You can listen

I can listen to you, but I’m tellin’ ya you’re barking up the wrong tree.

I believe youll agree with me that certain animals can see infraredcan see auras  heat auras

They’re animals.

Asif were any better than they an I say tha because youre adamant bout apex humans  which is very assholeish  very very asswhollyish

Why mutter the same word twice?

I didnt

Assholeish. DONE.

I saidhad you listened carefully assholeish  an asswhollyish wholly W H O L L Y  Youre a complete an dedicated asshole

        Lemme put it another wayappeal to your crude male sensibilitiesyoull make a great White Christian Nationalist if  ifya can lie convincingly about believing in God the Holy Trinity the Bible all the necessary bullshit hurtles to pass wha will be a determinative carbon test

Determine if proofs in the pudding

Lemme put it this way

                         I believe tha certain people have been gifted infrared sightcan read auras like some fellow earthlings can  not everyone can  massage aurasTHASAID if I had the abilityyou had the ability I coud say to you There goes an aura Id love to stroke

Up the ante

               There goes contours Id love to stroke

   caught his expression Temptin huh

1823,  reggaefriday,  31  1. 25

1237,  Sunday,  2  2. 25

https://www.livescience.com/50260-infrared-radiation.html

https://www.allaboutvision.com/eye-care/pets-animals/how-animals-see/

into the telephone receiver he causally mentioned  . . . yaknow  Flights of fancy

she chuckledcaught herself  wasnt sure if she was correct what she was chucklinbout

                                                                                             Flights of fancy?

Donya think

I’m not the FAA you . you . . . can you be more specific?

he roaredlaughin tickled the hell out of him

                                                  I think Ill let you tell me

I should tell you?

Ohyaknow  Ya can tell me

silent chuckle turned audible giggle

                                         gathering herselfstill listening to his laughter   Sleep over.

Crushed it babycrushed it

                           Who says tha

Grade school teenage girls. We’re having a sleep over, ask your folks.

Yah  Little girls young girls

                                A sleep over

Id say I was crashin . .

. . Crashing. YES. Accurate.

   Why?

PerhapsI don know

                        Perhaps to suggest something salacious

Though on its face  lugubrious

                                  Or    If I may

Oh you maycan’t wait.

   Lubegubrious   In separate bedrooms

                               HAnearly broke his eardrum

Yeow  Tha hurt

I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m so sorry . . . didn’t see that comin . .

. . Cummin

            Hayes cumming.

Masters of their domains

Their teenytiny domains.

I don know coudnt say

                         Havent been to the bathroom with either

JESUS!domains not physical attributes

   OH

1744,  reggaefriday,  31  1. 25

1141,  Sunday,  2  2. 25

Seinfeld  MASTERS  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUtJBqgwNgo

Say. as if out of the blue fingering his iPhone   Lemme take a picture of you.

                                                                                           he already had

NO  hard

Come on. It’ll be for your daughter.  It allows me to interact with her.

You can text her any time

But you’re here and you don’t take selfies.

rolled his eyes

                 Selfies  Why woud Ifuck  why woud anyone

   Are you asking me?you know you can see yourself now, reverse the image, see what your photographing, unlike before.

Havent answered why

To recor . .

. . Record

                Posterity

We all have old photograp . .

. . Yes we do

               In our hands in cardbox boxes  albums

Havent sent them packin to the cloud where    when the wheels come off the ride antheres no electricity to support the clouds anthey come crashing down

                                        Aint  got   shit

Jesus man. Terrible way to think.

But thinking

              Anthinkin always benefits one  Remembering  Knowing

They always benefit one

Tha phone so conveniently in your hands  is a silo housing whaya assume it will hold an maintain for you to drop in on at random

              Hangin your hat on technology

Dependent on technology

Ill acknowledge tha to a far farlesser degree  I am too

   No photograph

he had taken several random clandestine shots they werent flattering  his gears were grinding  he felt like a blackmailer

it felt good

Anlemme say one more thing

                               Those we mutually know  Im gonna text an ask them to let me know if you text them any pictures of me today  Sitting in this plastic blue chair  redwoods behind me  scenic underwater porpoise coffee cup in my hands

2333,  Saturday,  1  FEBRUARY ’25

1049,  Sunday  2  2. 25

Remember scratch

   Scratch.       Scratch?  Could you provide more context?

Sure

      Ive not used it in years It was terribly fun it appeared  Back to back dreams     Money  Cash

Ohsure of course.

Kindafun huh

 

Ohmy.  Scratch.  she laughed

                                   Almost feels like scratch coming off my tongue.

True

      I remember my Maw dressin people down You can go scratch your ass.

I loved it

How was it you said?

Cindi asked me to buy her some fries patted my pockets  No scratch babe  She laughedknew I disliked carrying money

Went into her purse handed me some bills 

                                             Next I was telling my Dad about a porkchop recipe Cindi shared with me He was all about itsaid hed like to try it I looked about he had everything but porkchops Told him He said go pick some up Happy to Dad  again to my pocketspatted No scratch Dad   Son  man has always called me son  you really ought to carry some cash. I told him when homeless try to shake me down as Hare Krishna did on the el or a bus I can be honest

Sorry I don carry cash

Their incredulityconfidence I was lying   was wonderful    Breathtaking

                                                                                Skated on by without missing a step

Terribly humoured

Any idea why it occurred to you?

 

Yes I believe so

                    Remember  drop a dime

OhmyGod. You a freakin time traveler?

Seems

         A payphone cost a dime to make a local call

Wasnt the same when it jumped to a quarter drop a quarter

                                                                Absolutely colourless  Fuckin inert

That’s something else.  Thanks for reminding me.

Read it in a book earlier in the week

                                        Use it on someone  Take in their expression

I used it on a twentysomething cashier at the grocers                             

He was fuckin inert Like I hadnt spoken English

   He did manage Whatever.

1856,  reggaefriday,  31  1. 25

1333,  Saturday,  1  FEBRUARY ‘25

Rolling off her lying beside her she says to you  Not bad rookie

                                                                      Whadaya do

What do I do?

BLAHshit out of luck not another at bat

                                              Excommunicated

Excommunicated?

No more holey for you Phew-oh shes probably thinkin her red hair didnt make you think Irish  no patience of a saint there brother

What are you talkin’ about?

You were thrilled being called rookie

                                        Im elaborating becuz you havent an elaboratinbone in your body I wonder how you stand upright

What are you talking about? beginning to glare

Save tha for someone you think yacan intimidate

                                                    GO elaborate finesse   Im all ears

Damnnear fuckin beggin GO

glare went flat

               flatcoloured rotting green vegetables  fronds    lettuce

Thas wha I thought

                      She rolls out of bedgrabs her clothing panties bra  dresses outside in the parking lot next to her car

Shell douche when she gets home

                                     Last thing she wants is you siring someone unenthusiastic

Wants something unlike her family

late afternoon,  Wednesday,  22  1. 25

1715,  reggaefriday,  31  1. 25

never failed

                 shy

shed jumpup onto the desktop hang a second spy his lap jumpdown to the floor

he felt a part of some kind of apparatusobstacle in her course

bomber jumpedup big orange bomber  he worked his way down onto his lap  hung for awhile

october skittish as was if she jumpedup she made immediately for his lap

                                                                               for awhile

shy ran the gamut maybe every fourthfifth visit make his lap

                                                                  but by the time she did

Excuse me baby Gotta tap a kidney

                                       changed it up Time to take a leak

she was not amused

Don gimme a puss puss ya coud have earlier Youve lousy timing

he turned in his chairshed leap race into the hall usually went right to the bedroom

                                                                                        he imagined her punching a pillow

working her frustration out

he hollered after her Bad timing kid

curiously

evenings

bedtime

went cat to cat to say good nightif he could find them

then some time during the night shed come to bed head on his chesthis heart

                                                                                  while not having to take a leak

he still movedmoved a lot

off his back to a shoulder

off a shoulder to his back

off his back to the other shoulder

                                   while disturbing her sleep shed let him work it out

let him find his placeposture arm placement  hands

simmer down

                then shed find a bodily nockcranny that appealed

fall back to sleep

   a nocturnal dance

1331,  reggaefriday,  31  1. 25

di Meola  McLaughlin  DeLuca  Guardian Angel  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0qssYRJy10

You got to be kiddin’ me, Papa.

   Whastha

               he lookedup from the laundry they were folding so they could get out of Dodge grab a bit to eat

he was hungry  

lunch a rarity

Your tshirts.

Wha about em

Kinda shabby. Don’t you think it’s time for new ones?

Fuckno theyre finally broke in

   Broke in?

Yah

They’re fraying.

Frayin broke in same difference

she shook her head

Its not like theyre Jockeys

Jockeys?

Briefs

Briefs?  You wanna explain the possible difference.

he tried to be patience

                         If frayed  Jockeys    Balls an cock find the fraysthe holes

Uncomfortable  Pitchem

But not tshirts

You have newer ones?

I do

You’re visiting.

I am

I would have thought you’d pack them.

   Because I knew this conversation was gonna to happen

                                                                 Vacation baby I dress for comfort

I don have to impress you

No.

        But I have a sneakin’ suspicion you don’t dress to impress.

he chuckled

              You know me so well

Suit doesnt make a man

The man the suit

Its whas inside tha counts

                             Not the wrapper

she sighed Is this yet another life lesson you’re teaching me?

Im obliged

              Im your really fuckin comfortable father

Tossem here Ill foldem

No no no, that’s okay, I’m cool.

You really find women who are cool?

Have

       Havent looked recently

Hard to compete with my imagination

 

she gave him a hard look

                            I don’t want to know.

afternoon,  Wednesday,  22  1. 25

1317,  reggaefriday,  31  1. 25

It was cool, they told me nice one, rookie. he smiled as if a child  someone playfully tousling his hair  That made me feel awfully good.

                  absently tugged the brim of his baseball cap

which irritated him

                     they were inside rookies house waiting for coffee to finish percolating etiquette informed him hats arent worn inside  experience told him assholes wore baseball caps

                                                                          he was struggling like a motherfucker to make an allowance

never got one growingup

Rookie

          Werent you twentysomething early twenties

Twentytwo. Semi-pro team.

It wasnt a major league farm club

No. Semi-pro.

What was semi about it

People paid admission to see the game.

Seated on wood bleachers

Yeah.

Yah I know the club

                        Diamond in the public park near the natatorium  I swam laps there

Yes.   That’s it.

Parked near the diamond watched half innings through the fence

                                                                      Thas the semi youre talkin about

Yeah.

I didnt realise admission was charged

It was nominal.

   You paid

No. a little discomfort crept into his eyes

Awright

   What do you mean . . alright?

Semi-pro

The admission paid for the maintenance upkeep of the field.

It was a community field correct

No.

High schools played tourneys there

Yes.

Community didnt budget for the field

I’m sure it did. I had to tryout for the team.

Start     

   No.

Older guys call you rookie

They were older, yeah.

How long were they semi-pros   Any in their thirties

sheepish A couple.

They starters

They were.

he was thinking pro-vanity

                              didnt say

These guys were good ballplayers.

Local ballplayers

                     Homegrown

throwing him a bone

                       Populous

It is.

good sheepish evaporating

                               he nodded agreement

Had to be nice to be called rookie

Play many seasons

One summer.

Then rookie was apt

I suppose you could say so.

he had

I gotta share

What’s that?

You said rookie an my imagination went to bedding a woman for the first time

Of course you did.

Rolling off her lying beside her she says Not bad rookie

Jesus.

Not Jesus fuckno

                   You take another at bat  A Bs are a statisticyah

didnt tug his brim

I think coffees ready   

afternoon,  Wednesday,  22  1. 25

1221,  reggaefriday,  31  1. 25