can of worms

I can’t remember his name now . . Staff Sergeant . .

. . An A or E

An E of course.

Ill concede you served

                          But then whywoud he be called Sarge  S A R G Enot  S E R G E

First offya wouldn’t dare, disrespectful. He’s either Staff Sergeant or Staff.

                                                                                S E R G E.

Isn’t that a fabric?

Twilled woolen or worsted in the worseway

                                               Understand durable  Something military might wear

You wore surplus World War Two M65 field jacket when we were kids.

Paper route

But we wore them to school after.

We did

         Kids looked at us like we were Nazis  Nuts

Grade school. We were the only boys who had paper routes.

    Thinkinbout it  

Youre right

Yeah. All those guys. Their parents greased their palms, allowances.

I like we didnt Made our own way

                                      Remember how the folks shit when we bought sperm shirts that they absolutely detested

Paisley. Mom wouldn’t washem for us.

Like we didnt know how to wash clothes

Then we ended up doing all the laundry.

    Oh man

Yathink maybe they were smarter than they looked

A house of ten. Lots of laundry.

                                   Maybe. Anyway. I can’t remember Staff Sergeant’s name.

Beaufort.

Jesus

         South Carolina

Jesus

         Appalachia  Hillbillies    Melungeon  

What’s that?

Mixed-race ancestry

Didn’t know that.

Learn something new every day

South Carolina. Rebelsville.  Where even then, unabashedly, a nigger remained a nigger.

I cant imagine

So anyway, Staff had this saying that he shared . . . look at me . . I remember it but I can’t remember his name.

           He said . . . Before you open a can of worms, boys, ya had better have a plan how you're gonna put them back in.

Thas  fuckin   brilliant

Yeah.

1620,  Sunday,  30  3. 25

1327,  Monday,  31  3. 25