Kicking the Sky
“Everything was about staying alive, mixing things up, avoiding the laneways where Amilcar might be hiding. He had changed schools. After he failed last year his parents switched him to Charles G. Fraser, which wasn’t a catholic school. Manny told me he hardly ever saw him; he had a job in Kensington Market, stocking shelves at Melo’s Grocery Store.
Agnes told me I would find James at the park. She looked shabby. “Every morning I make sure I’ve got all the things he likes all ready for him. His ...coffee, the newspaper, toast with butter and jam. He likes apricot.” She sounded tired, the way she went through the things she did for him, the things he liked. “But he’s been coming home mad because they’re not giving him as much work. He says he’s getting too old for his kind of work.” I wondered if she knew exactly what it was James did downtown, and if she did I wasn’t really sure she’d tell me. “Thank God your dad gave him that job. It helps.” She stopped to look up at the TV.MoreLess
Agnes told me I would find James at the park. She looked shabby. “Every morning I make sure I’ve got all the things he likes all ready for him. His ...coffee, the newspaper, toast with butter and jam. He likes apricot.” She sounded tired, the way she went through the things she did for him, the things he liked. “But he’s been coming home mad because they’re not giving him as much work. He says he’s getting too old for his kind of work.” I wondered if she knew exactly what it was James did downtown, and if she did I wasn’t really sure she’d tell me. “Thank God your dad gave him that job. It helps.” She stopped to look up at the TV.MoreLess
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