Long Story Short
“I tried bathing it in cold water, but she kept screeching. I should have made ice overnight, but I didn’t think of it. I never expected it would be so bad. I scraped some snowy stuff from the inside of the freezer into a cereal bowl using a soupspoon, and then poured it into a sandwich bag. I gave it to her wrapped in a tea towel, and she hugged it carefully to her face.
Ma slept through all this, as usual. She didn’t get up before noon any day. “I never drink until the afternoon,” she used to ...boast, and it was true, but she had sherry for breakfast all the same.
Don’t get me wrong, Ma wasn’t always such a waste of space. I can remember a time before, when things were normal enough, and Da was home and we used to do family stuff like going to the zoo, that kinda shit. Good shit, you know. I remember Julie in her buggy and Da pushing it in the Phoenix Park and Ma with a flower in her hair and all laughing and stuff. I remember one night Da calling me in to look at Julie in her cot.MoreLess
Ma slept through all this, as usual. She didn’t get up before noon any day. “I never drink until the afternoon,” she used to ...boast, and it was true, but she had sherry for breakfast all the same.
Don’t get me wrong, Ma wasn’t always such a waste of space. I can remember a time before, when things were normal enough, and Da was home and we used to do family stuff like going to the zoo, that kinda shit. Good shit, you know. I remember Julie in her buggy and Da pushing it in the Phoenix Park and Ma with a flower in her hair and all laughing and stuff. I remember one night Da calling me in to look at Julie in her cot.MoreLess
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