the hygienist called me; another patient started to sing Pearl, Pearl, Pearl...
my mind filled in my uncle's "improvised" refrain – you're such an ugly girl
uncle strummed it on his guitar, it seemed, every Sunday.
a couple years ago his sisters "got thru"; his reflexive insults made obstacles
penitent, he understood he was taken as corrosive, not funny, not clever.
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