they were discussing their families immigration to America

he dropped a term on him hed not heard before

                                                   Lemme get this straight  Pickle boat

That’s what my Mom called it.

Her family immigrated from Hungary

Yes.

Landlocked

               You know wha port they disembarked

Port.

        I’ve no idea.

Must have wanted to get to America badly Poland had seaports Ill assume my grandparents on my mothers side departed from Gdansk

                                           Curiously

On the same ship on the same date four years apart my grandmother a teen came first Her cousin was her sponsor

          Imagine

Arrives in New York Ellis Island Saw the Statue of Liberty  Then transverses the eastern part of the United States to arrive in Indiana  rural farmland

NineteenOfour

Wha a freakin adventure

                                  Pickle boat  Whastha

I understand, a colloquial term, referring to small, cramped, often unsanitary ship used for transatlantic crossings.

You said an I immediately thought Clauusen

What?

Clauusen

           Thought  once upon a time they also made pickled green tomatoes

Havent seenem in years                 

Clauusen.

You unfamiliar

No.  I thought you said closet.

Closet    Pickle

You can imagine how odd that seemed to me.

No

    What do you mean no?

Given your homophobiathought you thought closet pickle was a gay who hadnt come out yet

expression on his face was pained  shouldnt have been  gays troubled him

                                                                    I’m not homophobic.

    Honestly  You are

I’m not.

Not debating you

                     You are

I said Clauusen you said closet

Which means . . . . absolutely nothi . .

. . You do not believe in absolutes

                                        Closet implies gay

Means something gay

Yareally oughta embrace your feelings

    Work on your   discomfort of gays  WomenGawd knows  youre allbout lesbian sex not tha anythings wrong with tha

I love watchin attractive women gettin down on each other which . . .

                                                                         Is another venue tha disturbs you

Eatin pussy

 

Didnt think youd say

                             A tasty delicatessen

3PMishmash,  Sunday,  20  4. 25

1212,  Monday,  21  4. 25

    Methinks   Hegseth did not stop drinking as he declaredwas determined he would

                                                                               Signal

far farmore explicit than Indian smoke signals

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html

https://archive.ph/DGx4q

https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-signal-chat-houthis-attack-8dbf9dd6c711796438a5c1c84831c40b

Methinks he ought to go buhbye in a real fuckin hurry  

1451,  Monday,  21  4. 25

Zappa  Do You Ever Wash that Thing  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRmk6XfocGs

felon due processed to death was enabled to escape trials he should have stood

due process provided felon to trip up the courts

“We cannot give everyone a trial EVERYONE HAS TO BE ALLOWED DUE PROCESS because to do so would take, without exaggeration EXAGGERATION 200 years.”

Republican Louisiana senator Kennedy disputed felon  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U3peFifcfk

1608,  Monday,  21  4. 25

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5259657-trump-courts-migrant-deportations/

You’re late.

she chimed in too  a tardy echo You’re late.

An happy Easter to youse  Im not late   I told you Id come after I finished writing

                                                                                        Its after

But it’s late. You missed brunch.

he was incredulous

                      Awright bud  You recallIm sure you do  I eat dinner

An I wasnt coming until AFTER

You missed a delicious brunch anif I may say, I knocked it out of the park.

No doubt Queenie no doubt it was tasty  Youre good in the kitchen

    buddy cleared his throat

                                 So what did you write that preceded after?

Preceded after Look at you

                               Methinks I see a glint of pride sneakin into the back of your eyes

Wasn’t shabby.

It wasnt  Be carefulthough  don wanna ya thinkin thaya can readily be clever

                                                                                   Not your schtick  oeuvre

I figured youd ask

I think I’d like to know more than him.

She asked me earlier.

I left a fourth disassembled lettin it meld congeal  but I made a point to remember wha I wrote

Which is queer for you he turned to her he usually says he doesn’t remember, once off his plate, complete, dives onto the next.

Yah They don write themselves an the next is begginalways so damn intriguing how it will present  form itsel . .

. . Often he says he doesn’t feel he can take credit for what he wrote, that, it was more like taking dictation.

she eyed him

               You write something . . . then you really, I mean really, don’t think you can take credit for it?

Sometimes feels tha way

                             Inspired    In spirit

Spirit? she narrowed her eyes

Guy’s a piece of work, huh babe?

                                      So.

You said three pieces.

Three

       Im going to say but Im not elaborating

Youll have to run with it as you may

                                         Coud I have a beer wet my whistle

buddy went to the fridge

                           I’m sorry. You mentioned I take it out but I forgot.

Itll warm as I sip

she lookedmade a face  What’s that?

Dragons Milk

buddy removed the cap handed it to him

he heldup the bottle Na Zdrowie

they were drinking chilled white wine tapped their glasses to his bottle  Na Zdrowie!

Yareally ought to try this

I think not. cleared her throat as he held it towards her  No I think not.  Alcoholic mother’s milk? No thank you.

    Well Thanks for considering it a slim momentthree pieces  Subjects     No explanations

We’re waiting he said turning towards her  This will be extraordinary. Never before.

Nope  Not ever

set her wine down comically beat a drumroll on the counter with her fingers

Didnt conceive tha  Thank you

You’re welcome.  she continued the roll

They are  sweet spot cock blocked hens haggard

                                                        Roll roil your imaginations with tha

Im headinout to the sun  Is a beautiful Easter

after 3PMishmash,  Sunday,  20  4. 25

1018,  Monday,  21  4. 25

gent went to pass him a jointNo thanks

                                             didnt reach for it  act to pass it along

    What do you mean . . no thanks?

No thanks  We can rest assured your hearins good

You some smart guy?

Good hearin   Receptive

                           Aint no pullin the wool over your eyes doc

pushed the joint at him again insisting  Take it.

no longer acknowledging himsidestepped him he meldblend seamlessly into the conversation at the far end of the table where methodsproofs were being discussed the intent men in relationships did not cheat on their partners any more than their partners cheated on them

                                                           was trying to legitimise a fiftyfifty split

Arya still dronin on with tha horseshit

                                         directing his attention to the women at the end of the table

He convincin you

No.  four voices in unison

eyeballing the interlocutor

                            I told you man thus farto the best of my knowledge  youre the only person who believes this sociologist your stuffy data analyst  mathematician

got poked in the shoulder a knuckle  ash fell on his shirt    

                                                             brushing it off  Yamind

Take it.

Man  I hope youve been tokin on tha not lettin it spoilsmoke into the air like incense

Take it.

Mistake

I said  take it.

Tha work for you  I mean   does tha really work for you

                                                             Doesnt for me

Its disrespectfu . .

. . You ask if I smoked

                         Huh   No

I declined thanked you twice

                                 No   Thank you

he waited on the barrage of nameswords  sticks an stones

                                                                              . . . when I became a man I put away childish things

Right on King James

 

Good thing James was a king then  and he wasnt a subject

                                                                he somewhat agreed

although didnt celebrate

                           was cool with some portions excluded from the Old Testamentsome trimmed from the Apocrypha resisting the texts of Tobit Judith  Wisdom of Solomon Maccabees One and Two

                                                                                                       although

had to be square not to appreciate Judiths seduction of Holofernes her subsequently beheading him ballsy

he thought

               You go grrl  You go

Hey man.

           rapped his shoulder again shook ash  again   on his shirt

Hey man

           Methinks youre not familiar with Holofernes the Assyrian general

Hey man.

Nohuh

Take the joint.

    No   Thank you

                            so much for takin the high road  using Biblical hints

afternoon,  Sunday,  20  4. 25

2308,  Sunday

Why don you two go stretch some saltwater taffy between ya   KahRist

                                                                                  his sisters

Im just asking her for a dance 

Dance. emerged from their mouths simultaneously

Yah  Dance

    You don’t dance.

No  Not usually

                  Thought Id make an exception

Brother.  We understand you’re in a bad marriagebeen bad for some time . . . but get out before you go in.

Sis You understand wha youre doin pointing at his younger sisterAn you keep quiet youre not exactly sitting pretty in yours

                 

    Youre tryin to cockblock me

Oh for God’s sake.  how they did that  simultaneously again

                                   From askin her to dance

Maybe said Sis if you saw the expression you’ve had on your face since first you laid eyes on her.

Yes, big brother.  Looks wanton.

Wanton

           Wanting  Been a bit

neither took the bait not that it was

                                            bad marriages are rarely conducive to good sex

Im just askin for a dance

                             blandly An neither of you owe your sisterinlaw shit

Sis stammered  but said nothing

Get your heads out of the pasirsjust learned it sand   Indonesian Thought better than sayin ass

You just did.

Ohgoodness I did    leered

Its just a dance

Listen big brother, I think, we think, we know you know, you have a way with women. As Maw says . . you’re . . . charmin . .

. . Very . . . charming.

at least they werent simultaneous

Tellya wha

they crossed their arms over their breasts

    I promise I wont charm her out of her panties so she doesnt trip over them on the dance floor

Gets too warm for you ya can always cut in

But cinchup buckleup your panties first  Please

My God.  You’re incorrigible.

Charmin Sis   Just  charmin

afternoon,  Tuesday,  15  4. 25

1324,  Sunday,  20  4. 25

Youre the boider he was admiring a pair of quails  or what appear  a pair

                                                                                  Are quail monogamous

he laughed

             You’d think I’d know. I don’t.

I’d assume they are, usually see a male then a female or viceversa.

Ive a similar understanding

                               Now quail in Arizon . .

. . Gambel’s quail.

Thas different than we have here in California

You’re thinking the same bird because of their commashaped plume?

Yah

They're two separate species. Believed separated onetwo million years ago during the Late Pliocene Early Pleistocene.

    But you don know if the are monogamous

                                                  his turn to laugh

Got me.

Them pointing at the pair that wandered beneath a hanging bird feeder they look familiar Last time I was here there was a female whose right leg was hobbled

I think she healed.

But youve said theres possibly threefour pairs hanginround

Yes.  I think.

                I haven’t seen a hobbled female in some time.

Im hopin she healed

                       Got a name for themthas wha we do  name things

I call them Merle and Haggard.

Original  The females haggard

                                    Because females are made haggard by males

shaking his head You can’t help but beat on men.

If they had a brain in their head theyd be dangerous

                                                          You think women living with men arent haggard

Men are bitched.

Deservedly so

                  Men provokewhite men  provoke

Entitled  to provoke

Merle an Haggard

 

he looked again a second pair entered the backyard through a picket fence

                                                                       Youre wrong

Women haggard men bitched?

No  Thas fact

                Im referring to the hobbled hen   Shes back

he looked

             Well, lookie there.

I haven’t seen her seen last you were here.

Haggard an Hobbled

                       Whas Hobbled hubbys name  Shoud assume theyre monogamous or until the hens fit to be tied an bugs

Bondage

Quail bondage

    Really?

Fit to be tied  Lends itself to knots

                                             caught his expression  Knots  Not nuts

I got favourites

Yeah.   I bet you do.

afternoon,  Tuesday,  15  4. 25

1208,  Sunday,  20  4. 25

Zappa  Penguin in Bondage  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euDFNiEUSXk

he woke

            not really woke     materialised  a return to consciousness

turnedright off his back onto his side assumed the fetal position

                                                                       an unexpectedly found  

found a sweet spoteverything aligned cradled comforted shoulders arms wrists fingers legs neck head sighed

          Awww   Perfect

    he wrangled absolute  believed   absolutely

                                                   though notsomuch  perfect   perfectly

was an exceedingly rare commodity when he tried to sleep

sleep usually followed exhaustionwrestling an octopus after an uncomfortable tedious search for a position

then somewhatcomforted

                           ride out that which streeamed through his head

he didnt fall asleep

he blacked out 

               bludgeoned he liked to think put out of his misery                                                          

it wasnt queer to fallmiserably by degrees  asleep

 

  

 

    it  was sweet

queen october jumped onto the bed mewed hoppedup atop his hip highest point in the bed  and reclined

   purred

could feel her vibration

                         didnt cost him a quarter  Magic Fingers   John Houghtaling

                                                                                                Houghtingling 

1958 entrepreneur inventor

    shit like that streamedplayed hidenseek  and he was perpetually It

octobers warmth melted into his hip spreadcross his pelvis to the other descended his femurs crawledup his spine his brain floweredwent off like fantasticallycoloured muted Fourth of July fireworks

                                                                                               he went with it

    when he woke sunsplashed wall

                                                  had to have been at least an hour

got the show on the road

made his bed

slipped on sweatpants a tshirt

urinated

checked the travel alarm on the bookcase in the studio

                                                            an hourtwenty later than when he was usually up

cats in the livingroom looked at him

Hey gang sorry about tha

                              Happens so rarely I had to take took advantage of that sweet spot

which sounded

                  sounded like taking advantage of a teenaged girl

Easter AMishmash,  Sunday,  20  4. 25

. . . once upon a time . . .

                           Ya believe tha

    Howbout this

                       . . . they lived happily ever after

promise of Heaven

 

                   Yaseen the size of those doormen  bouncers

                                                                    Fuck

Theyd eat the top of your head off before ya knew wha hit ya

                                                                    Though     May not be a bad strategy

I meanof course     Exit

                          Exit

Donlook  no notat meyah  Grim    A grim accounting

    Thoughmarveling you have an ace to play

                                                           coarselycleared his throat     Plausible deniability

There are not two more prettier words in the English language 

                                                                    Find a dummy

Hangem high

Pawns

They did tha to themselves

                                 Don grieve

I don

    This isnt pretty

Theyh xdoidnt zay translated  mightshoud  have been able to guess    They didnt say

                                                                                          Pretty

No  I woudnt think

      So whares this leave us

Us

Yah

         Us as in once upon a time us an they lived happily ever after

Us

They

 

Who  

2007, Saturday,  19  4. 25

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