his kid brother Jo Jo was a crackuphe couldnt help himselfhe couldnt
stop himself from making Jo Jo the butt of his jokes
Jo Jo came into the house when he
was a freshman in high school
Jo was a high-risk baby and had
been at the Childrens Home and Aid Society nursery since he was released from
the hospital he had been at the Home for
a month
his mother was unwed
his father never answered the
bell
his mothers parents forced their
daughter to put the child up for adoption and because the baby exhibited her physical and likely genetic dispositions
not a hot-New-York-second passed before they shed himshed their responsibility
and forced their daughter to shed her motherly obligations
he wanted to hear more about Jo
Jos worthless family
his mother told him their privacy
had to be respected that they were legally
entitled to it
Cunts Fuck the law Hidin behind its skirts
he later learned Jo Jos birth family
was religious accepting Jo Jo was born would
have been an affrontan insult he would have
defamed their family
Cunts
Jo Jo had learning
disabilities however he proved to be somewhat
a savant when it came to music
music flowed
through their home and particularly more so if that were possible when at five
months Jo Jo his face bland unresponsive unflinching responded to it lit like
dry tinder to Iron Butterflys In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida he risked his parents umbrage and
played the album on their sweet stereo system rather than continuing to listen to it on his cheap turntable and speakers
upstairs in his room
as Jo Jos face churned like a lava
lamphe kicked free of his swaddling he screamed Its alive! Dr. Frankensteins infamous cry
his mother almost
slapped him
almost only because he ducked her swipehe was over
getting slapped for being who he was Yacant beat that out of someone beat
they tried
anif his
parents couldnt make him take a step back and away the last vestige of control was nothing gonna make him shake in his shoes
The Long and Winding Road apt for him was a big hit with Jo Jo
he was in visiting from California
his parents thought he might
enjoy a Chinese dinner out an he did the Chinese place in his small town went
bellyup as far as he was concerned he
went two-strikes-an-yer-out with them back
to back meals were miserable a miserable
accentuated by really wanting Chinese food he
returned the uneaten food the following afternoon for his money back its management insistedwhen he asked if they
had a turnover in cooks that the cooks were the same as they always had been
YahWell maybe their content now slinging slop for
uneducated palates who are here only for your All-U-Can-Eat buffet which I wont eat
Lung Fung was the Chinese place
they ate at in the Old District near the Kishwaukee River
Jo Jo
What? snide he must have felt it coming
Whacha thinkin of having for
dinner Jo Jo was notorious for ordering
the most expensive item on the menu no matter what it was
which frosted
his fanny He aint gonna eat it Make him pay for it his parents said We invited him for dinner.
He can have whatever he wants. Or notHorseshit This wouldntve flown when I was a kid Hes a grown man Just, please, order what you like and leave
him alone. Horseshit
I don’t know, I’m looking.
I found something for you
You know what you’re having?
I do But I found this for you
What is it?
he leaned over to Jo Jo and showed
him on his menupointed it out
Yeah, but what is it?
I understand the cooks name is
Sum When everyones food is ready and it is
brought out Sum brings the meal to the table which is extraordinary that a cook ever comes out of the kitchen
Then he asks Who ordered the Chow
Sum Ding
You did
And he walks up to you and drops
his pants
And you chow Sums ding
he fuckin howled
Jo Jo wasnt amused
Actually it its chicken pork and
shrimp vegetables noodles or rice
although I gotta tell ya if Lung Fung could make it
workget away with it Id take the name Sum and work here to be fellated get head
Jo Jo wasnt amused he pushed his menu awaymoved six inches furthur
down the table away from him
Humourless Jo Jo Youre humourless Givin head doesnt
mean in your parlance youre a homo Here all that that would mean was that you preferred
Chinese ding I enjoy Chinese Japanese
Korean Ooriental not
PC pussy
Fuck you, man.
Boys, boys, boys his mother What’s going on at your end of the table?
Nuthin Maw Just discussin the menu
2130, Monday,
23 12. 19
1420, Twosday,
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