his nephewalways a bug up his ass about something complained

                                                                 You don’t have any idea what it's like, Uncle Joe.

kid couldnt be that stupid

his brother wasnt a shining light

his sister-in-law

                Aw he wasnt letting her in  last time he saves a swooning bride with the back of her head aligned with a stone planter

maybe the kid could be that stupid

                                     it killed himsure as shit if the kid bred he was the gene pool taking his familys name bloodline forward Forward  not a chance  its called retrograde the only boy among his siblings eight children  an they were done having kids  he was donehe had girls they were sharp cookies  sharper than himhis wife was sharper than him  a real looker  but if she couldnt keep up with him or better him he wouldnt have been interested

I havent any idea what its like Nathaniel the rest of the familyhis parents called him Nate Yawanna think that through

What do you mean?

Yare bitching about junior high

                                 Ya think I didntyour aunts and uncles didnt go to school

Oh, don’t give me that, Jo . .

. . he snapped WHO nearly lost his shit he wasnt gonna let the punk disrespect him

Nathaniel looked immediately at his father

his father closed his eyesshook his head  Nate was on his own

WHO  ya talking to

Uncle Joe.

WHO

Uncle Joe.

WHO one more time so you don forget  ever if I got to knock some sense into ya thats right up my alley

                                                                                                               Ya can ask your father

Uncle Joe.

You were saying

                     Don give me that

That was then, this is now . . Uncle Joe.

For instance

               Classes cant be that different

Yeah, well, you didn’t have to practise school-shooter drills.

                                                               prick smiledreally pleased himself  oneupped his uncle

School-shooter drills

                       Some real skin off your asshuh  Drills

Yeah, lame drills . .

. . To   possibly save your life

                                Lame   Yare right

Nathaniels eyes narrowed Was his uncle dissing him?

aif he could hear him think Yah  an accurate question

                                                        maybe the boy wasnt as stupid as he thought

Your shooter drillsif I may pale in comparison to the drills we had Nuclear annihilation  Not a handful tenfifteen kids teachers Terrible Yah  But Im talkin all the kids teachers parents whole communities

                                                                                              Yare whining  I really have a difficult time listening to someone who carries my name whining

he stood looked to his brother

                                Ya got some serious work to do with this ingrate  this boy 

his brother was wideeyed

Ingrate  Ungrateful

                       Im off to talk with someone else  Boys he gesturedtouched his finger to his scarred eyebrow

2225,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  20  10. 21

1204,  Monday,  1  11. 21