as they rolled into Des Moines
Iowamebbe not into through not something hed want brag aboutwrite home Maw! Never guess where I am; Des Moines Iowaahhaahha nobody could tell him that an Indian princess
wasnt named Iowaahhaahha one was named Hiawathaahhaahha aka Ayenwathaaa and Aiionwatha don give him one couldnt run vowels
togetherslam themstack themOH FUCKwhich didnt howl an excoriate a sigh of Almostalmost
aaalmostSHIT ohshitIm
cumming
whawas
he talkin about
Ohyah
Des Moines understoodcould
have guessed its French likely named for Riviere des Moines which means
River of the Monks or as Americans would
have itIowans would have it the Des
Moines River
Iooohwans he wasnt letting go of those vowels
entering on Interstate 80 along
the highway he saw billboards advertising QT
Aint
so QThuh he said to his buddy who was driving
QT? What are you talking about?
The QT
What about it?
Wha about QT
Yah, you’re killing me, what are
you talking about?
Whadaya understand QT to mean
Quick Trip. It’s a gas
stationfilling station.
Quick Tripnever heard of it
Never heard of Quick Trip?
It wasnt around before I
left Remember I havent been to the Midwest in forty years
They’re everywhere, a huge
company.
Anthey advertise as QT
You’ve seen the billboards.
QT on the QT
means on the quiet secretlike get it a billboard aint quiet
Whatever.
Jesus whatever drove him nuts sofuckin dismissive like being poked with a cattle prod
so prodded he was provoked
I got an idea
he stared into his
buddys ear sure his staring at him
was going to make him uncomfortable and provoke him
he put his hand to his ear covering it
What are you looking at, man?
I was gazing at the endless flat
land for as far as the eye could see through your ears Aint nothing in between your ears man
Yeah, you got an idea, what? Christ.
I got an idea yah lets open a house of prostitution and call it Quick Trick use their advertising
Im brilliant Im so fucking brilliantIm brilliant
What are you talking
about?
Enough Im the idea guy Ya got the connections out here Make it happen
You’re out of your mind.
Anso another tremendous idea takes
it in the ass
Thadbe one of the House menu items
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