Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Velma, Chapter Two
for Liz French
I poked at Velma's smoldering cigarette butt in the ashtray
with the point of a pencil. Why do women always do that?
Velma crossed her shapely left leg over her right,
then changed to her right over her left. I didn't pretend not to look.
"Well?" asked Velma.
I said, "Velma, what part of 'I don't do divorce work'
don't you understand?"
I poked at Velma's smoldering cigarette butt in the ashtray
with the point of a pencil. Why do women always do that?
Velma crossed her shapely left leg over her right,
then changed to her right over her left. I didn't pretend not to look.
"Well?" asked Velma.
I said, "Velma, what part of 'I don't do divorce work'
don't you understand?"
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
Enjoyed this, Bob. Very much. I hardly know Liz French, though I chat with her for a few minutes, and get to spend a little time in her company, at each year's WFMU marathon. A little reunion that makes me content.
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