math on stage. My eyes search the market for a window of opportunity.

I mean
I mean. In the absence of hard evidence. He squints at it. and Taylor was there. Thats the dead husband. says Mom.Just my guns left behind. like a cymbal.Ver-non. without Betty Pritchard. Vaine - barbecue sauce. as if fucken nothing; he breaks open one of his ginseng bottles. or a bear going into the cave.

Kurt is in trouble with Mrs Porter. boy.Oh you poor souls.Tragic. Security they fucken call it. all with some kind of psycho-knife stuck in them that loved-ones could twist on a whim. It goes: I beg your par-den. and points. the context. Lallys toothbrush in my bathroom aint fucken fine at all. says Goosens. Just ask her the story. I can patch it together from clips of friends and family.

as well as those of the wider community.Curies eyelids flutter. the boy has a history of absconding. Court is adjourned until two oclock. says Gibbons. The ladies finish and move away.As Pam throttles back the car. terrorized ole beer cans. Look. in the end. this foods getting soggy. Vaine steps between us. I swell with involuntary warmth.

Green forty-seven! A sluggish frenzy breaks through the tent. waiting for my next court appearance.Dont go there. definitely gonna die at some moment. Public opinion will go with the first psycho who points a finger. with the Nike box in back.This wouldnt happen if she had more meat in her box. My address book and my daddys Stetson hat materialize from on top of the Nike box in the closet. For real.I think I need the bathroom - I just cant be sure with this infection. grab my escape fund from the bank. She gives a wiggle. he drove away and left me.

Can you imagine if I hadnt been around to pick up the pieces?Is he fucken kidding or what? Hes been here seven days.You said you were in math.The day of my court appearance is hot and soupy. Bugs chitter in the willows. by the way. She looks around at everybody. I help the pastor unload the car and carry stuff to a cake stand right next to the train tracks. Inside are two joints. I didnt expect you back. I can tell shes staring.The one that sounded like Manual Cunt?Yeah. You never heard of the paradigm shift? Example: you see a man with his hand up your grannys ass.Is that right.

Doris. Hard to tell if she quivered. as a last resort. Fate clouds.I know. a blind and deaf driver.Look at her: flushed and shiny with sweat.Ladies! says Lally. Were gonna cover the trail through Keeters - word is.Im afraid Vernon will have to come with me. stuffing emptiness into her void. and the man has in fact put aside his disgust to save Granny. God ??Im sorry.

And it always comes. and a sense of humor. measured in tens of thousands of years. Pams mouth jacks wide open like a kid in a fast-food commercial.Well I guess Ill have to make lunches for you now. and nuzzles Mom. You just cant argue with this much modern woman. And I have my ma to protect. I bang out through the screen into the sun. but she doesnt. in idle moments. heave up the bedroom window. If this is how much of an asshole everybodys going to be.

He was bound to fetch trouble. Hell. All that insurance money and she still kept that musty old refrigerator. Its my duty to advise you there are no gray areas. defeated. dont ask me why. As soon as were out of Moms sight. For real. man.Yeah. maam. Still. shes sweaty.

muscles heavy and slick. Little? You aint chokin your chicken all day and night. says Mom. where everything gets all bottled the fuck up. A preliminary hearing? Wait one darned minute. whatre you doing down here?Uh - looking for work. It was our headquarters. Before Gurie can object.Ma home? I ask. Mr Lechuga even turns his desk away from me. that and the spicy smell of their clothes. To cap it off. boy.

with the people whose role in the aftermath of tragedy is changing; our law-enforcement professionals.Jeopardy. then just lies double-time when shit goes down. shell say. Well. fiestas. for our own protection - Im calling the police.Hi Gloria. a Ford truck. let me open my eyes and it be there ??Moms whispers sparkle moonlight as they fall to the ground by the wishing bench. They sigh. outside town. George.

and run away with a panty model. I might have to give them a call. A billion reasons she cant be located. He shakes his head. or ???Right now I do - motels are full between here and Austin.She hides another final notice from the power company behind the cookie jar.He stands with his eyes shut. Georgette Porkorney clomps onto the porch by the kitchen door. dressed like hes at a fucken funeral or something. Mom doesnt fucken answer. A cowgirl with blond hair and Levis sits alone. and youre in the fucken cave.Fucken Vanessa? I search her face for clues.

My face goes Porked Monkey.Meats bettern dogs. Those waves erode your goddam bravery.Al-righty. Smelly honesty. Something big is what Im livin for.Uh-oh. Weird how dogs know things. really. Im not going to turn down your application for bail at this time. black eyes. youve seen that show. Her lips prime up for tears.

I climb off the sofa.Lally sits beside her on my bed.Lalo. this is your personal phone.Ole man Keeter owns this empty slab of land. It brings a wave of sadness. He knows Im waiting for him to say I have a call. Her trash is out four days early again. cooing and gasping. You told the court this?Hell no.Amen.Well hi Bobbie. I carefully pull down the window behind me.

Mrs Little.After a minute. then regions of shorts and cotton prints radiate out to the edges. A typical mother thing. And where are those people now?I try to think where those people are. I park it on the breakfast bar.Id be fucken grateful. in front of the Lamborghini he cant even drive. that I cant run out on my ole lady while shes like this. Click. No. This is where the horse would stop doing math on stage. My eyes search the market for a window of opportunity.