I got someone's digits!
ya, when was the last time that happened
he was at my garagesale
he came early
with another longhair don't care hippie
I can't remember what he bought,
but he came back for some speakers I'd already sold
He'd put his hair in a low ponytail by that time
and I was in rollerskates by that time
and I was sort of drunk by that time
so I complimented him on his turquoise rings
giant rings on every finger
each was so solid & big & pretty and all so different from one another.
Was that a mistake!
he took the opportunity to tell me about each one
longwinded stories
but I learned that turquoise has sex
I mean, it's sexed
I mean, it's sexy
but apparently, green turquoise is female and blue is male
so I learned something
which is always a fine, fine thing to do.
He had hair down to where his brastrap would be
which is what we all pine-for
long, wavy, salt & pepper hair
and a tiny round butt on his chin
I'm Italian, he said, So I know how to do just about anything
I grew up in NY in the '70s, it was pretty out there
I'm a non-believer - he paused - I don't believe in anything, I'm a nihalist
I don't believe in age-barriers
or gaps
So we should party
but before he said this, he asked if he could pay $.25 for a bunch of index cards
I told him he could take them
so he wrote down his name
and as he did he said, I also have Penmanship
and I said, Well you certainly do
he wrote his number down
and his email address. He hasn't gotten "into" tweeting
So... Let's Party Sometime
and I said, ya
But, I don't know
I don't believe in age-barriers
or gaps
but the second he said, I'm a nonbeliever
I thought, screamed inside
Well I Believe in EVERYTHING
but what I'd mostly be believing
is that this dad's-age-hippie
wants to smoke doobies
wants to rock out
wants to fuck
wants to give me some stories
wants to give me some turquoise jewelry
made in Albuquerque in the '70s
and I'm down with like 2 of these things
but I am not Pure
and I am not looking to be
new friends
because I am eternal selfish
