Working on penmanship.RICKY WAS SCREAMING HIS HEAD off in the morning, like most mornings. "Where is my fucking bacon!" I need quiet when I get up, but Ricky just hollered louder and louder, "BACON! BACON! EGGS UP RIGHT!" "What's up right?" I asked. "Sunny side up." He stopped yelling as soon as Darlin was in the kitchen. She had just gotten back from her walk. Normally she's up before all the people at the B&B. She eats shredded wheat Shredded Wheat is a breakfast cereal made from whole wheat. It comes in two sizes, bite sized (3/4 in x 1 in), and normal size, which are sometimes broken into small pieces before adding milk. or oats oats, cereal plants of the genus Avena of the family Gramineae (grass family). Most species are annuals of moist temperate regions. The early history of oats is obscure, but domestication is considered to be recent compared to that of the other with bananas and Milk. She goes for a walk and then comes back and makes us food. "Us" is all us skateboarders who are just visiting this town from the coast of 'Cacka. Ricky eats the yellow yoke yoke (yok) 1. a connecting structure. 2. jugum. yoke n. See jugum. yoke, n 1. something that connects or binds. first and boasts that he obtains the power of the sun from doing this. Ted doesn't eat eggs, but he likes hash browns hash browns pl.n. Chopped cooked potatoes, fried until brown. Also called hash brown potatoes. . As for me, I like 'em scrambled. "Hey, Ted, did you watch that Spike movie?" "No," Ted said. "It was pretty good. The cops hid a tiny camera inside the criminal's house. The camera was inside a Bic pen. The only way the criminals figured it out was 'cause they tried to bust the pen and it wouldn't break. This frustrated them, so they wrapped the damn pen in toilet paper and stuffed it into a cigar case A cigar case is a carrier or tote for carrying cigars. The key aspect of a cigar case is its portability, and easy of carrying the cigars in jacket pockets etc. Over the years cigar cases have evolved from a simple wooden carrier to a luxurious tote, fully cedarlined at the inside , screwed the top on, and dropped it out on the street." "So what?" Ted said. "Yeah," I said. "That's what. The new Spike joint. Spike Lee Noun 1. Spike Lee - United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957) Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee is on the East and Spike Jonze is on the West." Darling brought out Ted's hash browns and my soft-boiled eggs. Ricky was finished and now strumming his guitar. He was playing Hank Williams Noun 1. Hank Williams - United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953) Hiram King Williams, Hiram Williams, Williams . Darling chipped off the tops of my two eggs. I always say grace before I eat; none of the other guys do. When I'm in a hard spot and can't make it known that I'm praying, I lay one hand flat on the table and I bring my feet together with my other hand. I grab hold of my ear and say to myself fast, "God, if you can hear, please bless this meal." Sometimes I feel like God blesses my food, and other times I feel like he doesn't hear me. Today, I didn't pray. I just listened to Ricky sing Hank Williams. Nothing like Ricky's obnoxious voice in the morning. Then I thought, 'He's not obnoxious, it's just his thirst for life that makes him loud.' Ted told Darling she was his angel. "Why?" she asked. "'Cause you make the best hash browns. They are crispy crisp·y adj. crisp·i·er, crisp·i·est 1. Firm but easily broken or crumbled; crisp. 2. Having small curls, waves, or ripples. without being too greasy". After I marked up my bed sheets, I checked out of that B&B. That stands for "Bed and Breakfast." I separated from Ted and Ricky. They were going to shoot video footage at some long-ass handrails in Tustin. I normally keep off the freeways; I stay on the small streets. I looked through the tour guide and thought about breaking my own rule by riding with them in the car on the freeway so I could go to Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Berry Farm is a brand name of two separate entities: a theme park in Buena Park, California, and a manufacturer of food specialty products (primarily jams and preserves) based in Placentia, California. . But I want to go to where my dad's dad's father-in-law used to work. I can't believe I ever had any family out here on the West Coast. It was off of Manchester Boulevard that he worked, so my dad told me. The B&B was in Venice City. I asked at the desk if I could leave my things. Darlin said of course. I inquired about how to get to Manchester Boulevard, and she told me I could catch a special coach that drops by and picks people up to go to Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
"OK, cool. I'll catch a coach to the park and take a bus." I got to the old Firestone fire·stone n. 1. A flint or pyrite used to strike a fire. 2. A fire-resistant stone, such as certain sandstones. Noun 1. plant--it's no special sight to see. 'My dad's dads' father-in-law worked in there,' that's what I said to myself as I looked at the monstrous building. I'm used to mountains. All this flat land is making my mind act funny. The public library wasn't too far. I went there and asked if they had any photos of the Firestone plant. They did not. Then I was going to go to city hall, but I got side-tracked and ended up at the local thrift store. I wanted to buy an iron pan like the old ones. Mostly they had Revere Revere, city (1990 pop. 42,786), Suffolk co., E Mass., a residential suburb of Boston, on Massachusetts Bay; settled c.1630, set off from Chelsea and named for Paul Revere 1871, inc. as a city 1914. pans. The handles were loose. I wanted a pan that could be used for a weapon, like in this commercial I saw on 411 Video Magazine--this one kid has a pan and the other kid has a knife, but the kid with the pan is moving so good with it that it looks like he might win. Even though all he's got is a pan. I know the guy with the knife doesn't really want to hurt the guy with the pan. I guess the knife always wins. "What would you choose?" I asked of the volunteer at the thrift store. He said, "What? Do you think I'm stupid? The pan." "The pan? Why the pan?" I asked. "'Cause when you wack him in the head, it goes 'gong'." I laughed hard. This old guy was funny "Where's your sneakers sneakers Noun, pl US, Canad, Austral & NZ canvas shoes with rubber soles sneakers npl (US) → zapatos mpl de lona; zapatillas fpl at? In here?" "Next to the wall." "Close to the exit, right old timer?" He winked at me and smiled. I walked around this kid who was mentally impaired and he tried to grab me. I moved fast and was scared at first 'cause I didn't know he was, you know, handicapped. "Are you my daddy?" the little boy said. "I'm not sure. Who's your mother?" No, no, I didn't say that, but I was thinking it. I helped the kid so he could find his dad. He was in the sneaker section. I was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. some bright blue and orange runners by Adidas that my brother used to wear. I found some old boxing shoes that had the three stripes. Then I saw some clown shoes and I thought, 'These would fit me fine.' I tried them on. The fronts were super large. They looked just like clown shoes. Then it hit me, and I started to laugh. Where in the flick would clowns shop at if they wanted something new? I'm just talking trash. I had a good plan. I was going to commit a crime, and thought it would be funny to commit a crime in clown shoes. I mean, everything is normal: Nice pants, nice jacket, clean shirt, belt--everything normal except for the shoes. They are over-sized shoes so that after you commit your crime the people who see you getting away say, "Damn officer, this guy had very large feet. It was a bit odd, Sir. It was almost like he was in clown shoes," and then without hesitation, their witness starts to laugh 'cause they realize that the fucking criminal was wearing clown shoes on purpose. The shoes were a ploy. Ploy means a tactic intended to embarrass or frustrate an opponent. There were no orange-striped Adidas. I approached the old man again and said, "Say youngster, you know where the Firestone plant used to be?" "No, can't help you." I left the thrift shop thrift shop n. A shop that sells used articles, especially clothing, as to benefit a charitable organization. and walked through a park. Two knuckle heads Knuckle Heads is a boxing arcade game that was released by Namco in 1992. It features boxers from the United States, Japan (of course), Greece, China, Norway and Brazil. See also
"No thanks." "Well, if you ain't buying then you're selling," they said. "This is our park" "Die bitch!" I said, and they left me alone, This is America--I'd like to think I could walk through any park I want to. even if I don't puff I looked over my shoulder and only saw my own shadow; no cops, no thugs. I got to a pretty big intersection and stayed there for awhile. Then I must say--as I was watching the cars go by--I started having kookie Kookie teen idol of 1950s whose character was depicted by slick shirts, tight pants, and “wet look” hairstyle. [TV: “77 Sunset Strip” in Terrace, II, 282–283] See : Foppishness ideas. I wanted to hire a hit on myself... not to create noise, but really to die. 'Now,' I thought, 'I have to find the perfect door to go through, and pow, that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to find the ideal doorway and I'm going to hire a hit man to blast me as I come through it. Man, that's the dope shit. Fuck this lollygagging.' Ring, my cell phone ... "Oh, my god. Hello," I tried sounding intelligent when I picked it up, and it was a good thing 'cause it was this nice lady whose name is Abbigale, and she likes my poetry. She works for a publishing house in Texas that's looking for some lonesome lone·some adj. 1. a. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone. b. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar. 2. poets. We talked and she told me what the pros and the cons were in relation to the meeting we had two weeks prior. "Fine, fine. Wait, hold the line a second." Jesus boy, talk about a trip. A car full of femmes just drove by and were flashing their tits. That's some American cleavage--now there's something to write about RELATED ARTICLE: POEM # 1 CONFRONTATiON WITH BREAST'S THE CLEAVAGE iS UN-KOSHER STAGE FOUR UNWORTHY BUTTOCKS buttocks /but·tocks/ (but´oks) the two fleshy prominences formed by the gluteal muscles on the lower part of the back. STiLL BOOBiE LiNGERS A BUCKET OF BOOBS BOOBS Bunch of Outrageous Breast Cancer Survivors ON THE MOVE. OBSENiTY iS THE STANDARD: Poem #1 & #4 by Robbie Stratosfear POEM #4 TITS ARE USEFUL TO WAGE WAR ON AN OPPONENT IF IT WASN'T FOR THE CLEAVAGE WE MIGHT NOT HAVE WON AIM TOWARDS A TRADITION KID, TIT tit Any of several woodland and garden songbird species in the genus Parus (family Paridae) having a rather stout, pointed bill. The great tit (P. major), found in Europe, North Africa, and Asia nearly to Java, is about 6 in. (14 cm) long. PRETENDER |
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