story shorts

• story based on the premise that a man wants to get both physically and emotionally close to women but can not because of a daffy duck like lisp that prevents him from whispering seductively into their ears. perhaps goes to linguistic specialist. has long conversations about language/meaning/semantics. engages in free association exercises. gertrude stein like poems emerge. finds in addition to lisp, has issues with teeth, smile, and taste buds, especially those sensitive to bitter flavors.
  

• drunken man at coffee/tea bar watches folk guitarist play in courtyard out in back. the cement is actually a large chess board. man walks around the 5'-0" queen chess piece. mothers cover their childrens' eyes. man sits down, arranges pawns in a cirlce around him. asks not to be disturbed unless it is for free refills on his iced capuccino.