She doesnt strike me as a Polish
girl
She was born in Buffalo, New York.
Lots of polacks there granted I read my obituary there
when he spoke as a matter of fact
he alwayswithout a doubt threw him
he threw him
he counted in his head one two three for five six seven eig . .
.
. What?
What
Did you say you read your
obituary there?
Yes
It really take you eight seconds to
ask
Your obituary?
An obit in my name I almost went to the wake to check out my
widow one
two three fou . .
. . Widow
Four I like it when yare invested
Yes my widow
threw him another curve stymied him
But you’re not dead didn’t die .
. you’re married.
His widow My namesakes or I his or as luck would have
it Death darkened his doorway gave me a wide berth Im not one to take a bullet for anyone
I’m . . I’m . .
. . Seeing a Polish girlso ya
think From Buffalo
I am.
Authentic Polish smattering of language culture food family still
in Polan . .
. . I don’t
know.
Eat head cheese.
Head what?
didnt
have to count Head
cheese cold cut a cold cut terrine to be
exact forcemeat prepared with aspic usually madeup of a pigs face cheeks fee . .
.
. Stop. A coldcut; you eat it?
I adore it
Head cheese My mother and I relish it Yaoughta play the head cheese card
Head cheese card?
he sneered
Don knock it until yave tried itYes Card
How it is a card?
How long ya been seeing this girl from Buffalo
On and off, what, you know, I
told you when I met her . .
.
. Yare seeing her not me Yaoughta to know how long its been
I told you when I did.
Yes
Not my relationship How
long
he
didnt even start counting that
would have been bruising Not knowing is problematic Yare long past the Use-by Date freshness date Yare the guyyare supposed to be fresh forward
forge where things go or not
Fresh?
Salty provocative sexual
I didn’t want to throw her off.
Throw her off
By my estimateNO An correction been seeing her since before Christmas
Have I?
Have you
Man . . I think I have.
Not to belabour the head cheese card
Head Sexual innuendo Have you even hinted sex gotten fresh get cracked or catch a look that she thought to slap you
No.
Whell man If shes authentically Polish like me yare dead in the water
Yare a buddyboy
after 1530, Saturday,
22 1. 22
1517, Monday,
21 3. 22