They showed up anyway, and
ate all the ice cream. Actually, other than the salmon croquettes and hand-crafted
caviar from the labs at Solvang,
the dessert was the fanciest dish on the card table uncle mordechai koffman
the taller had dragged down from the attic to set up in the foyer, where
everyone was required to pull on an extra pair of shoes to cover the filthy
ones which had trod outside the dwelling of dr. and mrs. punctual-puntillious.
i must admit to having noticed their daughter of 13, pusillanimous, had
more than her share of the dairy delight as well.
we had run into dewayne
at the washeteria.
dewayne, whose other name is Wayne D
The card table was set up
int eh spare bedroom, which had a tv and a grandpa, but neither of them
worked.
I was surprised not to find
some shape or form of meatballs at the bar mitzvah. I had promised my grandmother,
who says she voted for the pope when he was elected over richard strauss,
that there would be meatballs at the party.
late in
the evening she grabbed the sleeve of the man in the yellow hat and told
me quite grandmother-of-factly, "this is what you meant by meatballs."
someone from across the room
threw a matza ball at us. or at her. or at me.
from across the room, the
controversial pollack threw meatballs at all the party guests who weren't
wearing offtone gray, the official hue of the polish people he assured
us later in a loud voice.
i dont smoke pcp;
i just carry it in my pocket in case i need a helicopter.
Whaaat? You
din't get to Solvang yet?!?
make the call
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