duck gumbo

last night i was asked to watch spaghetti westerns and cook eggs with a man in his fifties. the truth of it is, people who are older have much more interesting things to say and much better ideas than the rest of us. this man is the type of man who really would, love eggs. knowledgeable about politics, a smart ass, a lover of poetry and good writing. creator of on-the-spot haikus, without the use of his fingers to count a typical 5 7 5 stanza.

"i remember being at the super market, this hard ass mean lookin hispanic dad was with his son standing in front of one of those little 25 cent gumball machines with the spiral shoot. the dad asked his son, ok what color gumball are you gonna wish for? the boy says azul. they put in a quarter and a god damn blue gumball comes spiraling down. the dad takes it away, looks down at his son and his son is like, getting all teary eyed. the dad hesitates, kneels down and points at his cheek and the son kisses him then takes the gumball and starts chompin. if you dont see the beauty in that shit you aint really livin baby"

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