was checking in on Dad telephoned him
So correct me.
Whastha Dad
You prefer the Mexican market to
the, as you say, white market.
Thas how I distinguish them Mexican
White
Why do you do that?
Kinda sets the table for you doesnt
it
I don think youd be caught
dead in a Mexican market
I wouldn’t.
No yawoudnt Though tha in itself is an incentive
I love you through an through but youre a racist
Your fathers son Not an excuse Fact
Grampa was involved the 1919 Chicago race riot
Yes. Yes he was. He said so.
He wasnt a braggart
He was not.
Probably a good thing he died
when I was a little boy
We woudnt have gotten along
He might have changed you if he
hadn’t died.
You didnt
Thasaid
The reason I prefer
the Mexican to the white is because they sell fresh organ meat Youll recall Mom served offal walked into the
house home for lunch from school the kitchen smelled like hot urine meant kidneys for dinner sourcream horseradish sauce with it over wide egg noodles She shared several handwritten recipes with
me
For whaever reason the white
markettheir meat market manager told me the
factory sends them what they will The FACTORY It doesnt even sell containers of fresh beef
calves liver I found sliced in the
freezer section for Christssake
We can buy it here in all the grocery
stores.
Im not there
No. You’re not.
That was your choice.
Decided long ago
Long ago, yes. You decided as a
boy I’m not living here when I grow up.
I remember
Yet your siblings are here.
Within a stones throw of you an
Maw
Im glad they found wha they wanted
there
Im still looking
You were a strange kid.
Im a strange adult
Theres another
thing I like about the Mexican market
What’s that?
Holds you accountable
In what manner?
You ever use the automated
Checkout lane
I’ve not, no.
I don use them frequently Buy beer liquor has to be purchased from a cashier
That makes sense.
I have to disagree Liquor has bar codes cashiers scan automated
can too theres overseers they watch you buy bottles of soda pop they coud watch
you buy bottles of booze A queer system
But I digress
Mexican market holds you
accountable
You said.
I asked what manner.
You did
Difference is the Mexican automated
machines don remind you to take your change if you pay cash White machines are vocalharangue you REMEMBER
TO TAKE YOUR CHANGE AND RECEIPT
he chuckled
Reminds me of pay phones
once upon a time At the airport to
pickup a relative wed finger all the pay phones for change
his father laughed
I remember.
Somedays you kids did alright.
Good thing you had a horde of kids
Correct me if Im wrongIm not You
an Maw took a cut
We did. We paid for the gas that
got you to the airport. That was legit. Nothing’s free.
You did teach us tha
Nuthin
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