OCR Text |
Show 148 being Helen's savior, was pretty xxa invulnerable, even if he did have a sunken chest and a pot bellv. Meanwhile xaxw Joseph looked prettier everyday. He had blond^nSir like silk, blue eyes, perfect teeth, dimples. He looked like pictures of twelve year old Jesus kx££iimg baffling the wise men in the temple, it looked like Axaxaxx Andrew's hairline was already receding. Joseph's truck had broken in two. "Shit," said Joseph. "I'm the anti-Christ," said xaxaxkxx Andrew. "It's baffling." "That's why you can't get in touch with Saint Franky Gorky," said Joseph. "He never got over being dressed up like the Blessed Virgin Mary," said Andrew. "You were the Infant of Prague," said Joseph. "That's right," said Andrew. "Just think about that for awhile." Christmas had come and gone, in fact poor old Bush's very last Christmas had come and gone, though the more I thought about it the more I realized that just because it was Bush's last Christmas didn't mean she would die right away, in fact she had up till next Christmas Eve to die and Helen would still be right, but xxaxa it was the middle of Christmas week now and I still didn't have any a money. I thought about getting something for Red, even though he wouldn't like it, maybe a pocket warmer or a ga glass bottle coated with leather, xxxsxkixxxikxixxBxiaxxBHixxaxkxHix something he couldn't fail to wear. I thought*getting Helen a one of those big white Bibles with gold leaf pages that the Pope had given his personal Imprematur. Maybe Neda would xxxixxaxaxxxaxaxx like some flowers, and Joseph and Andrew were prohably old enough to appreciate some interesting drugs. And Kara Ruzci. I was thinking about Kara Ruzci again and ix&xgk how nice it would be to drop down to the Culture House with some candy or xkia whiskey or a Buddy Holly album, or maybe a little introduction to experimenting wif deaf. The only place I knew about was Bobby Hansen's, we hadn't cased any new places since our last hit and Bobby Hansen's was xxxxxxx our first house and besides that I knew that Bobby Hansen's kxa faxxa family would axx downtown at Gannon Auditorium watching watching Bobby play basketball for South High in the local xxxxxxx Holiday Sasketball Tournament. So I packed my .22, dressed warm for |