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"If I helped her out to her car she'd show me the prettiest little titties I ever did see. I laughed. She was serious. I'm serious, she said...."
so...
fiction by kid a limey
So...
...I was behind the counter and a woman with sphinx-colored ringlets walked in and looked at me and said, "Hey, cutie!" She was all mellowness in tan and tanned herself, naturally it seemed, music playing as she moved, easily, smiling. How much were the reading glasses, she wondered. Three ninety-eight. She kept moving, interested in things. Thanks. You're welcome.
Checking her out.
Checking her out. ...............[WORKING]
Checking her out.
She came to my register. She asked for something. Well, since she was so nice to me when she came in. Oh yeah, you're a cutie, if you were fully grown I'd be all over you, but I think I have a few years on yah. I'm thirty-six, I said. I'm fifty-two. You look *great.* Thank you! What's this on your arm? Oh, a typewriter! That is so...
Thanks. It's a year old this month. Are you a writer? Yeah. Oooohhh...
I found out she grew up in Venice [Beach]. She knows the San Fernando Valley very well, her mom lives in the Valley, she's having some medical problems right now. I found out she lived in Europe for 13 years. Have I ever been to Europe? Holland for a week. Oh, Holland's great. Did I go to the such-and-such museum? No, but I went to the Van Gogh. Isn't Holland great?
Yes.
She paid with a hundred dollar bill.
If I helped her out to her car she'd show me the prettiest little titties I ever did see. I laughed. She was serious. I'm serious, she said.
I helped her out to her car.
Do I smoke?
Yeah, I said.
Cigarettes?
Yeah.
Camel, she said. Unfiltered.
Oh, I haven't had a filterless in a while. Sure.
I wasn't on break but I'd take one for later.
She opened her car door and sat on the front seat. She produced a little tin lipstick case and opened it. She took out the last two.
Thanks, I said.
She lit hers.
Come closer, I don't wanna flash the whole world.
I came closer. She lifted her top.
Checking her out.
Checking her out. ...............[WORKING]
Checking her out.
Not bad for fifty-two, huh?
Checking her out.
Checking her out. ...............[WORKING]
Checking her out.
Nice. Very nice. Thank you.
Thank you!
See you...
She reached for my hand. We shook.
She kissed my hand.
