Christ he finallyfinally got around to the empty box
of Mary Jane he tossed weeks ago up on top a stack of books hes been meaning to
finish Roths The Plot Against AmericaGo Lindbergh! Halberstams The Fifties I
Like Ike! Marlon James
A Brief History of Seven Killings Marley! and Todd Grimsons Brand New Cherry Flavor they all had bookmarks in themworrying his
places bookmarkers made by his daughters when they were little girls and also
his granddaughters
In 1914, 30 years after Charles
H. Miller and his three sons founded their successful small business
manufacturing & selling homemade candy. They began manufacturing Mary
Janes.
hes quoting the back of the box
off a significant colourful panel beside
the panel is a pale white price sticker $2.25 thats affixed over the bar code
the SKU number and thereby disabling NECCOs (gawddamn
acronym New England Confectionary
Company) suggested retail price some people an outfits dont take suggestions
he did enjoy Mary Jane the molasses the peanut butter a tasty brilliant concoctionconfection
although what he never
enjoyed what thereby became a sticky tipping
point and why he rarely bought Mary Jane and
toowhat seemed over time a growing inaccessibility of Mary Jane(or perhaps
discouraged he wasnt looking) he never
enjoyed the struggle he had getting the thin waxedpaper wrapper off the candy it was unliketimes more difficult than
talking the panties off a young woman to be sure a collaborative effort he wanted to eat them they wanted to be
eaten
Mary Jane never gave him any encouragement
he was always spitting out bits
and pieces of waxed wrappers
his daughters knew he liked the
TASTE of Mary Janelike black licorice buttons Heide used to make now discontinued apparently buttons dont make enough
money Give me zippers or pullovers or give me death! no buttons no laces
no deft manual dexterity
no deft manual dexterity
he never minded taking his sweet time
immediate gratification had waned
long since
certain things are worth the
waitworth their delicious delirious anticipation he had waited on things he knew
before they happened were never ever going
to happen again
delirious
knowing he liked the taste of
Mary Jane his daughters kept their eyes peeled to treat him unexpectedly
they were very good to him in this
manner and so somany other matters
he was always grateful for their
thoughtfulness
they always treated him better
than he treated himself but he knew himself better than they
did
his youngest surprised him with
Mary Jane both
he took Mary Jane home with him
and while watching Takashi Miikes surreal Gozu he opened it
Net Wt box 3.5oz
(99.2g)
under Nutrition Facts Serv Size 6
pieces (48g)
simple math
12 pieces
$2.25 divided by 12 equals 18.75
(there isnt a cents symbol on the keyboard prejudiced fucking
thing that it is Machine says Do as I say. he was oldfashioned he liked people trying to tell him what to do
Tyranny!) by 12 equals rounded
up 19cents a piece
his timehis labor collectively would drive the 19cents a piece gift
substantially higher
substantially
and
that didnt even take into accountcover the spitted waxedpaper fiber – mebbe though he also didnt eat floss
whining -- yeshe whined – he telephoned his
daughter to tell her she didnt have tothough he keenly appreciated her thoughtfulness treat
him in the future
she laughed wholeheartedly a big belly laugh Treat you?! I know the waxed paper drives you
nuts! I’d pay a dollar a piece for Mary Janes for the anxiety they cause you. Waste
not, want not. Who taught me that, sweet father of mine?
You bitch
Your baby bitchmy sister was in
on it too. God how we laughed.
out of the mouth of babes
occurred to me Sunday
Monday First or Second of July, 2018
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