I like the juice that Lumpy Joe gives me. It makes my chest feel like the heater. That was back before the heater stopped working. That was back before Mama lost her job over to the buckle factory ( Read more... )

There was one day this week when I was under the porch with Ol' Ronald. I get waken up in the mornin' with the kids at the bus stop. The bus stop is for the school children. This time a year, they come out when it's still dark ( Read more... )

I felt so bad about what Uncle Randy done to Ol' Ronald. To have a dog limping and yowling around like he was was wrong. I don't care if he's just a dumb dirty mutt like Mama says, and like Lumpy Joe says ( Read more... )

Uncle Randy's feet are better now and he don't need no crutches to walk around. I didn't see him for a long time since that last Rock and Roll Tuesdays but then he showed up one day with a bunch a flowers for Mama and she kissed and hugged him. I had Rock and Roll Tuesdays that night, but after that it wasn't Rock and Roll Tuesdays EVERY time ( Read more... )

One day Uncle Randy and his friend showed up real late and I had to have Rock and Roll Tuesdays in the middle of the night. There was lots of bangin' again but that's just regular. The sun was comin' down in through the window when Mama came and unlocked me and I my knees was achin' from dancin' so hard ( Read more... )

It was Rock and Roll Tuesdays yesterday, and I got that music in my head and just started movin' my feet to it ( Read more... )

I worked out in the yard today with Mama. She was picking up sticks and I was over by the tree watching Jeremy, who is a big old dog from across the street. I called to him and called to him but Mama told me to stop hollering ( Read more... )