6.29.06

Category: dribblings

9:30pm
Crazy Margaret is in the driveway ringing the bell.

shit.

i go out to see what crazy damn thing she’s got going.

“jaimie! jaimie! have you seen that red truck that parks over there at that house no one is home and the light is on and he’s real bad off and she’s 90 years old and they’re ususally at home at this time of night.”

“i saw it this afterno-“

“you know they been killin’ old people in gadsden i told them to be careful like and not to open the door or answer the phone if it’s a weird number.”

“that’s-“

“hey, you got a cold drink for me? i done ate some ice cream and it made me puke i puked it all up and then i drank some ice milk and puked that up and so i’s wondering you had a cold coke or something.”

“you always puke when you eat ice-“

“hey what time you leave for work in the morning?”

“i dunno, 8:30 or 9.”

“okay, you can run me up to get my check and take me to pay my gas bill ‘cos i can’t walk on this foot like this it’s all swollen and i put sulfur in my shoe to take the swelling down but it backfired on me i’m like my brother i’m allergic to sulfur so i’ll come by and you can run me-“

“margaret. i’ll give you a stamp and you can mail your bill but i’m not-“

“i can mail it on my own but i need my check i can’t walk to alabama city to get my check. i’ll give you ten dollars to run me up there.”

“margaret, i’m not driving you anywhere.”

“okay.”

i’m so lucky. i’m so getting a camera to record her.

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