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Happy Birthday, America

"Hey, what’s that?" Leo asked

"That’sdown to drop a sweet kiss onout in the bushes?"

"Clarify, please--or I’ you to deal hatever big scary thing is in the bushes"

"That," he said, pointing toward the--

"Oh, that’s the old Airstrea back into his arer there

"One of those old trailers?" He was already on his feet, leavingas I buttoned my shirt, I followed him across the yard to where he stood "Wow, look at that! How long has this been out here?"

"Hard to say When was Nixon in office?" I replied

He turned fro around the underbrush "You’re kidding"

"I never kid when I’ether my shirt Which was mostly unbuttoned

His eyes roamed across my body in a cursory way--almost as if, as a boy, he was unable to not look at a half-naked girl--but then quickly returned to the trailer I tried not to take it personally

Pulling a few branches off, he thumped on the metal "Any idea of the last ti for you to remind me of when Nixon was in office," I answered

"Woht to try and peer inside "People use these for all kinds of things, you know Not just ca"