“Hi Joe. I came by to see Bill.”
“He’s out.”
“OK. I’ll come back later.”
“No, he’s jes’ on the back porch. If he wasn’t here at all, I ‘da said he was out and about.”
“About? About what? About to come back? About six feet tall? About to get a speeding ticket?”
“No, ‘about’. You know, doin’ stuff.”
“What’s he doing on the porch?”
“Reflecting.”
“That’s against the law.”
“Huh?”
“Well, if he happens to reflect into a commercial plane and blinds the pilot, that’s a felony.”
“Whatinhell you sayin’? OK, so, if he ain’t reflecting, what do you call it when he thinks about the past?”
“Oh, I don’t know…’recalling’, ‘remembering’, ‘reminiscing’, ‘ruminating’ for starters. You guys with your hipster talk. Next you’ll be saying he’s winning at ‘cornholing’ due to his ‘athleticism’ and ‘physicality’.”
“Man, what you’re sayin’ is concerning!”
“Yeah. Concerning proper English without inventing new words.”
“Dude, you gotta get with the program. Hey! What is that! It’s blinding me!”
“It’s just my watch. It’s reflecting.”
~ Dempsey 🌵
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