From
Baubo in the kitchen (2)
Mrs. Scattergood once
told Baubo that if she had more days with her friends she wouldn’t write about
the woes of the world. She’d be content.
Mrs. Scattergood told Baubo how she met Barry at the bar like they
usually did. He pushed up on this guy to
say hello and got a hug. Looked over to
Mrs. Scattergood like he was saying ‘how in the world do these gay guys do it?’
being all huggy kissy and all. Barry loved it so nobody, including Mrs.
Scattergood, was ever fooled by his feigned tolerance. Barry would say he wasn’t a touchy feely kind
of person. Said he didn’t like to kiss woman either. Just liked to, you know, make love to them.
His words. She asked him. “Are you using that language because it’s
me?” “Language? I’m using
language?” “Come on, ya know what I
mean.” He says, “Hold on a minute. Let’s get the drinks going. You having your
usual? What is it straight up pineapple
or are you going to live a little?” It was straight up seltzer and she checked
out the women in the bar. This time,
instead of just the usual gay guys and the couple that had nowhere to live
except at the bar or in their car, there actually were women there. She could hardly know what to do with her
eyes. She saw a mighty feisty one
too. But she checked her lust behind her
lashes. She liked to think so anyhow.
She couldn’t take herself too seriously, checking out those women, those days
especially, with him telling her she had to get a life. And she wondering, ‘Where in hell do I get
that?’
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Barry’s life plans were simple. Christmas, he’ll be at the top of some
mountain in Vermont watching the snow fall.
No assholes allowed. It’ll be
just him and Betsy. Sounded perfect to
Mrs. Scattergood. Forget cruises. Find a
way to get to a mountaintop. Not too
high. You don’t need the Death Zone or anything near that. Just get some steaks and beers. Like the man said, “No bullshit.” That was
Barry’s plan. Mrs. Scattergood couldn’t help but be jealous. She never would have thought about being on
top of a mountain to feel all peaceful and such. Barry knew a lot of things and the perfect
way to spend the end of the year.
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