Saturday, January 10, 2004

Today's Word: Aces


I didn't know the smell of hard liquor back then; I had never been to a pilot bar, never seen the aces poisoning their fine brains with stupid penny bets.
Daddy put me in the hospital that day. All the while I could hear mom screaming, "Joseph, no! No, Joseph, that's your son for God's sake."
I had to tell the nurses I fell down the stairs. We didn't have stairs in the Pensacola house.


To be continued

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