Some Mother (1973)
Story (1973)
Excerpt
Some Mother
Eddie's mother had horseteeth and I did too and I remember once we walked up a hill together on the way to the store and she said, "Henry, we both need braces for our teeth. We look awful!" I walked proudly up the hill with her and she had on a tight yellow print dress, flowered, and she had on high heels and she wiggled and her heels went click, click, click on the cement. I thought, I'm walking with Eddie's mother and she's walking with me and we're walking up the hill together. That was all—I walked into the store to buy a loaf of bread for my parents and she purchased her things. That was all...
Appears in Books
- Hot Water Music - 1983, pg. 75