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Her mouth was moving

and moving and moving

but she wasn’t saying anything.

I wondered maybe it’s me.

Maybe I just can’t hear her.

She’d been screaming

for eight hours.

Saw a little kid once in Seaside,

started crying when we left for a run.

Come back two hours later,

the kid is still screaming

his mouth is moving

but no noise was coming out.

Here’s what happened.

Sitting on the lanai

by the pool

and the hot tub.

Having a drink.

Enjoying the good life

Phone rings.

Old girlfriend of mine,

spectacular female

calling me out of the blue

bluer even than that

long distance

like maybe a decade

Suppose it wasn’t really important.

At least not to me

Like the screaming child in coastal Oregon.

but I wasn’t married to him.

Don’t remember

if that was the night

I threw her in the pool.

Cause I don’t hit women,

wouldn’t be right.

But to be honest,

love to make  a splash.

Is that wrong?

I can’t hear you.