Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1974)
Story (1974)
Excerpt
Notes of a Dirty Old Man
Lucille was not a bad sort, I mean compared to most who had lived with me. Like the others she drank, lied, cheated, stole and exaggerated, but as a man goes on he stops looking for the whole cloth, he'll settle for a piece of rag. And then he'll pass that on to the next while scratching his ear. But, generally, while things are working just a little, a wise man will tend to accept the moment because if you don't you just get a bag with you in it and when you shake it you only hear one sound...
Appears in Books
- The Bell Tolls for No One - 2015, pg. 187
Appears in Magazines
- Los Angeles Free Press - no. 545, December 27 1974, pg. P