On Sep 13, 2:43 am, deadfloyd <
deadfloyd2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sep 12, 11:23 am, Bradley Robertson <
b...@whidbey.com> wrote:
>
> > On 9/11/2011 9:25 PM, deadfloyd wrote:
>
> > > "Have a look at this, Brad. C'mon if I can't show you, who can I show?
> > > 'Sides, it's got a certain novelty value.You never used to be so
> > > particular." I whined.
>
> I only half-listened to Brad's story about the dildo-loving dog,
> caught up instead by our environment and enjoying my half-stiffie
> which had been caused by my memories of the last time I had been here,
> enjoying Shirley in her kitchen. Brad had been there too, though he
> didn't recognize me in the low light but instead had mistaken me for a
> much younger man, and told me of his irrelevant memories of free-form
> screwing. "Yep, you could have been me at that age," he crowed, not
> realizing that I was the future--an old fuck--rather than a young one.
>
> "So, have you talked to Shirley lately?" I asked, changing the subject
> abruptly, as is my habit.
>
> "No. Now that you mention it, I haven't seen her for a couple of days.
> The last time I saw her, she was having trouble with her bum leg. She
> could hardly walk."
>
> "You sure it wasn't just her bum?" I asked.
>
> Brad looked distressed. He was not comfortable with such talk about
> his friend. I noted his discomfort and decided not to share the
> details of my encounter with her.
I spun on my stool so that I faced out, leaning on my elbows on the
counter. Brad, leaning over his coffee cup before him, looked at me
over his shoulder.
"Stop it,: I said. "You're reminding me of Paris Hilton."
He smiled at this and returned his attention to his coffee.
"So, what're your plans for when the ferry stops running and everybody
leaves. You going to become a mainlander then?"
"No. I think I'll farm. Take out my John Deere and plow up the lawns
and yards of the abandoned places. Should be able to produce enough to
sustain myself. Plus hunting and trapping coyotes should do it."
The conversation was starting to bore me, so I let my thoughts drift
to Shirley. I wondered where she was and whether I could find her.
Without saying a word, I slipped off my stool and out the door.
"Catch you later," Brad said behind me.