Come Die With Me
“And from the locked drawer in my file cabinet I took out my pistol harness and the .38. Because of the heat I hadn’t worn it today but from now on I would feel naked without it.
If I had to declare war on somebody, why not somebody I could lick? Well, I had never been known as a rational man.
At the drug-store lunch counter my fan said, “That woman was in here asking for you, that dame that runs the decorating shop a couple blocks away.”
“You are speaking of my truly beloved,” I told him, “and ...she’s no dame.”
“So, okay. Anyway, I told her I hadn’t seen you all morning. Maybe you’d better call her.”
“I did,” I told him, “and that’s why she was in here. What’s edible in this crummy joint today?”
“The short ribs are pretty good,” he answered. “And we got boysenberry pie.”
I had the short ribs. And some monologue from my fan about the Dodgers, who weren’t looking so good in spring training, and about the Rams and their miserable showing of last fall.MoreLess
If I had to declare war on somebody, why not somebody I could lick? Well, I had never been known as a rational man.
At the drug-store lunch counter my fan said, “That woman was in here asking for you, that dame that runs the decorating shop a couple blocks away.”
“You are speaking of my truly beloved,” I told him, “and ...she’s no dame.”
“So, okay. Anyway, I told her I hadn’t seen you all morning. Maybe you’d better call her.”
“I did,” I told him, “and that’s why she was in here. What’s edible in this crummy joint today?”
“The short ribs are pretty good,” he answered. “And we got boysenberry pie.”
I had the short ribs. And some monologue from my fan about the Dodgers, who weren’t looking so good in spring training, and about the Rams and their miserable showing of last fall.MoreLess
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