Ready  Versus volleys

    Are you kiddin’ me?

                         Aren’t youhaven’t they exhausted you?

No

    Im tickledpink they continue to occur

Tickled?

Youre not

            You were in the pool the other day

That wasn’t tickled.

    Yah Be inappropriate to refer to tha as tickled We ought to do tha again as soon as possible

Possiblyprobably much sooner ifya would quit with versus.

I cant help myself

                        Ive only two

Will you stop for today after them?

    After

And then after we finish our coffee . . . . what?

Lets make it up as we go along 

                                  I have ideas

How is that possible?

When I wake in the morning I don wake you  I ruminate I think   What does humble pie taste like I wonder why anyone woud watch Peacocks Love Island

Versus bides it time

Then lo an behold hold me low  Voila

But only two?

If more occur Ill writeem downspare you the rest of the day Theyre patient   Theyll stay freshkeep  till tomorra

Ohjoy.

You said it beautiful

Top off your coffee, reheat it?

No thank you Im good

Then a sec while I nuke mine.

ducked an covered

                      Im asking Santa Claus this Christmas for a lead apron

You’re cute.

surprised him also warmed a couple slices of cinnamon pecan coffee cake  drizzled icing

Now I’m, we’re, ready.

Versus

             Hopeful versus naïve

Oh my.

Second

         Negotiate coerce coercion negotiation

she withheld a gulp

                    These came this morning while I slept?

Ja

    Do me a favor?

Anything

Wake me up.

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https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/02/dental-x-ray-radiation-safety-lead-aprons-not-necessary/  “Lead aprons and other lead shields provide ‘no additional benefit to the patient except for some psychological comfort,’ said Mahadevappa Mahesh, a professor of radiology and cardiology at Johns Hopkins University and the chair of the American College of Radiology Commission on Medical Physics. It’s still recommended that doctors and technicians wear lead garments if they’re working in rooms where X-rays are delivered.”

regime change

 

not a bad idea

preferred it to calling coercion a negotiation

 

    Yes  he agreed with himself

If I may?

May full steam ahead

    I have a creeping suspicion that majority of those thinking regime change aren’t sharing your idea of what regime, regimes.

Maybe tell your suspicion to get up on its hindlegs

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she said I don’t know you.

No  You don know me well but you know me

    she was bobbing around the pool on floaties

Your point?

they had just come off a conversation of lies by omission

                                                            the host had sons he admitted he never questioned as teenagers

Which  is unfortunate

How so? he asked

Why

Why what?

Why didnt you challenge your sons

                                     I pressed my daughters because being sharp cookies I knew they were going to cherrypick an see if Id let tha shit flyNo

You didn’t trust your girls?

Trust had nothing to do with it   I asked They withheld   An I knew they were

                                                                                      Lying creates mistrust

    As a teenager you didn’t lie to your parents?

Arya kiddin me  I gaveem both barrelsNicholson  A Few Good Men  Remember

                                                                             You cant handle the truth

I made my parents choke on wha I did

I woudnt have done wha I did without considering the ramificationsconsequences I played tha shit out long before I acted

                Whenya getup Five every morning to delivery newspapers  I either readem or I was playing out machinations

I only grew more fascinated

Had I lied Id be lying to myselfYou Obviously

                                                    Played your cards differently

Ive no regrets

                An my girls  as much as I disturbed them they werent leaving my house with regrets

Yashoud have questioned your sons

Women are questioned

                           Boys arent

Thas why men are shit

 

 

No  Ya don know me

                        But Ive a strategy

What’s that? she asked

When I meet people strangers

                                 I offend them

Offended  They try an offend me

                                      Lotsa luck with tha

Thick    Fuckin    Skin

My strategy

Offending each other  well get to wha we agree on sooner

Its served me well for years

 

I don’t know what to say.

We agree

    Strangely.  I think we do.

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A Few Good Men  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FnO3igOkOk 

I don’t think I like how these trunks feel.

They feel  I gotta get me a pair

    he didnt get it

                    was a little stoned

he didnt elaborate nothing worse than havin to explain a joke

                                                                 Well man if they aint crawlinup your ass youre fine Not really much of a swimmin swimming pool  particularly with other bodies in it

the fellas wife their host his girlfriend

You’re not going in?

Im not too much traffic

he stoodhobbled a bit unsteady

                                       getting it together   pulled up on the waistband 

How they feel now

They’ll do. I don’t think I’ll swim out of them.

Nofor Godssake don do tha

                                Though as I said Not really a swimmin pool

I’m going in.

Need help on the steps

No. I can manage.

    he did

sat down on the edge turned on his hip found the step with his feet scooted forward  steadied himself with his hands found the second step

                                    It’s a good thing the water’s warm, if it were cold I wouldn’t get in. 

withheld  You coud jump in

                        no he couldnt

    finally he found the bottom shallow end

Good

Feels good. You’re really not coming in?

Im not coming in

their host breaststroked over unsteadied him with his wake

                                                                he looked uncomfortable stilted watching him he thought unintended consequences

that had been the conversation with the others before he came down to the pool in his illfitting trunks

Tell ya wha

              a mariachi

Wha

You ever move around like tha

                                   Well put you down

Down

No exit strategy required

Then youll be homeless

Better than livin in a wreck

So you wont be comin with me

When you came in you were unattendedunattached

I don know tha

                 Wha I can recallremember  seems there always somebody   A few

More than a few now

Oh much more

Only because of the compartments coils gyri sulci  gyrification

                                                                   Gentrification  Not allowed   Zoning

Tha was nice  Well done

I have my moments Quoting you 

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Where’s Jeff?

He’s somewhere. his wife said

                                       He often disappears.

You don’t want to check on him?

I’m sure he’s fine.

Maybe I should call him, I could call him.

He’s fine. You do he’ll only think I put you up to it, think I’m checking up on him, being a mother hen.

he interrupted them the girls were in the pool

                                                 He mentioned he was going to check on the dog something else he had to do didnt say

There. See. Perfect explanation.

                                   the girls laughed

talking to Jeffs wife

                      Well kiddo ya know what yaoughta do

Ought to do? Regarding Jeff?

Ever go to karaoke

Heavens no.

He plays guitar can carry a tune I understand you used to sing

I did when I was younger. I’m out of practice.

Practise

          Then take him out on a date for karaoke

Why would I do that?

Hes a psychologist ought to be able to pick up on it

                                                        Work him subliminally

    Subliminally.

                     How do you mean?

Off the top of my head two songs you coud sing

Two.

Ja  Ya got Sammy Davis Jr I Gotta Be Me she chortled Mamas and The Papas  Go Where You Wanna Go

Oh my God, you’re funny, you crack me up.

Takeem Itd be a hoot

I really ought to.

You really ought to.

Ja  Really

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Sammy Davis, Jr.  I Gotta Be Me  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17OwXVBmvQs

The Mamas and The Papas  Go Where You Want To Go  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXO_Eby0ZgQ 

    he came out of the closet

 

before anyone jumps to conclusions they might question why he was in the closet in the first place

he heard a sound from inside it

opening the door there were three naked blondes squeezed into it

                                                                       he closed the door behind himself

    

    he barely made it out

 

his sister caught wind of the episode

from who she wouldnt say

from someone she said  At the party

There were a lot of people there

she laughed

Whas funny kiddo

The blondes.

               Any trying to lay claim to you?

I don think so

                It was a crazy lark a happy harmless encounter

Is that what you think or is that what they said?

There wasnt much conversation

                                     I left first

My understanding they emerged one at a time somewhat disheveled  mismatched clothing  Before the evening was out they remedied that

                                       Thas my understandingwha I learned

And they?

They The women

Yes.  What did they learn?

    Wha was to learn

she smiled  shrugged

Well babe Im heading back out to the backyard sit with Dad have a beer which originally was why I came in  Hes being patient

                      Which you know  is a chore for him

Don’t I know it.

going through the sliding glass door Sorry Dad Talking with Sis  closed it behind himself

Sis turned to their sister who walked up on themcaught the last bit of the conversation

                                                                                           said The girls.

Girls?

In the closet.

What?

I’ll tell you.

Who told you?

A little bird.

                They’ll learn.

    Who?

The girls in the closet.

I’m lost.

I’ll catch you up.

                   They’ll learn.

Learn?

They’ll learn that he’s famous for doing . . exactly . . only . . . what he wants to do.

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kid tickled him

                 she usually said something like he would  no reason to it  they only occasionally saw each other and hadnt ever sat down to bullshit

I went to the driving range.

he wasnt fond of golfhadnt played since a teenager they played Forest Preserve courses barefooted wore shorts had a bag a wood threefour irons a putter

                                                     all shits an giggles

disturbed the men that played

                                 they certainly were pretty

A driving range

Yeah.

No foolin

No.

    wait for it

                      wait 

                                                                wait

I whip a wicked wood.

was worth the wait

                         what he would do with that if he were younger she were older

Nuthin’?

    Id say thas an alliteration

Really?    An alliteration?

                               That’s allya got?

All Ill give

 

What if I was older and you were younger?

Kiddo

          Yawoudnt stand a chance

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    sighed  said Hard   Boiled   Eggs

she had pressed a finger to her lips  then decided to asked Why are you saying it like that?

A bit disgusted

You like hard boiled eggs.

I do

I also like the time I have to decide whether Ill enjoy them soft or hard The waters playful as it begins to boil

    Id say  happy

Happy water?

Ja

she loved the way he looked at things 

Its all the matter of how you look at it

Water. Boiling.

Ja

     Reminds me of the cerulean sky I saw earlier this weekwhipped by clouds that looked more like expansive ocean curls surfers would die to sail through

In fact I turnedaround walked backwards down the streetin the street to enjoy them  the sky

Prior to turning I saw a woman walking down the street towards me on the side I was angling to

She wore a stunning blue blouse Complimented the sky perfectly

Approaching one another I turnedsaid The sky and clouds are so beautiful this afternoon  How thoughtful of you to select your blouse to match the sky

Give me a huge grin agreed with me  thanked me for my compliment

    You were walking backwards in the street.

I saw up three block theyre one way heading away from me If traffic made a right onto the street Id hear them

And if it was an electric car?

Those bastards

                  Woud suppose that woud depend if they were aiming for bigger game than tree squirrels

Bigger game?

And I had the woman as a witness

she smiled dimples went off

                            So . . . you had it all gamed out.

I did

       Sometimes all yaneed do is decide how things will be an theyll cooperate

Or else

A threat?

Insist with vigour

 

    And the Hard.   Boiled.   Eggs.  

I just learned tha Trader Joes sells hard boiled eggs How fuckin lazy are people they cant boil their own eggs microwave this that swear Ive no time wha are they burnin their time on

                                                                                     Entertained

On their phonesChrist

 

A big assumption there.

he walked over to her caressed the back of her head  held it gently kissed her softly

    That was nice.

Yes

           Wheres your phone buckwheat

it was in her back pocket

she put it there as she entered the kitchen he had called Coffees ready

                                                                            Split an buttermilk oldfashioned donut with me

Not glazed?

Not ever kiddo

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lower righthand corner computer screen   opening Google Chrome

                                                                                                      Customize Chrome

two things churned through his skull at onceWHY and COMMAND

akin to opening his computer a photograph presents  upper rightcorner

                                                                                                            Learn about this picture

which he feels learn is not suggestive

                                        rather an insult a slight if he chooses not to

hed rather there was no photograph

if he wanted to look at photographs or art in the bookshelf behind him he had more than three dozens book from which to choose

                         active word  choose

his choice not corollaries generated if he were kind  introduced by a machine trying to fleece himgo through his pocket his wallet to syphon information

                                            Subtly   Symphonies of syphons

he smiled Mariachi at Work

                                            Youre supposed to stand orange warning cones or traffic sawhorses

Woud seem a big production for only you   Youre agile

I am

Hmm

Whas with tha

I thought you might roll out Imm  confer the enthusiasm you warned earlier

You were in on tha

I was

      An I wasnt alone  You captured hearts an minds with your closing

Not shabby huh

Ill say if I may

                  Tha way woud be like takin ya to an orgy  an have ya sittin it out

Gosh Word for word 

Committed to memory

                         If mariachis applie . .

. . They don

If   they did

              Thad be the password to utter to enter

Utter to enter

                Nice

My small part to aid the diminution of Tolkiens cellar door

I appreciate tha

Youre welcome 

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knowingly  he smiled 

                                 Ligature

he resisted scratching his skull   barely    I’ll need more, a bit more than that.

Really  I texted it to you yesterdayday before

                                                   You asked me wha tha was called

What what was called?

The letters A an E backedstuck together  O an Es another example

                                                                         Theres actually a shitload according to typography

Single glyphs

eyeballs rolled

I lost you

    You did.

Ah  So I might lose you if I doubled my Ms writing Imm  I  M  M    An emphatic Im

                                                                                          Who can say where tha shit might lead

You said it.

              Shit.

Aww  Don be tha way

What way would that be?

    Tha way woud be like takin ya to an orgy  An have ya sittin it out

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