Olympus Mons (2013)
“On this particular morning I spent the early hours giving the woman of the house a tidy-up hand in our humble domicile. We put things right here and there, cleaned up this and that, fixed the other. I thought to ease my guilty conscience, maybe even edge my way back into Lorna’s middling good graces by horsing around for a while with Jay, and ended up taking the boy for a long walk around the enclave.
In mid-afternoon, Jesperson, yours truly and a trio other work-dodgers were cashing in par...t of our monthly beer ration, tossing down a brew in Art the Barkeep’s sleazy makeshift tavern. Vic Aguilar wandered in looking downcast. Without a word or a nod, he drew out a wobble-legged glass chair at our table, called to Art for a stein, glanced from Jesperson to me and loosed a woebegone, “¡Ay de mì!”
“That bad?” inquired Jesperson with a chilling absence of sympathy.
Vic’s head wagged sadly. “Es muy malo.”MoreLess
In mid-afternoon, Jesperson, yours truly and a trio other work-dodgers were cashing in par...t of our monthly beer ration, tossing down a brew in Art the Barkeep’s sleazy makeshift tavern. Vic Aguilar wandered in looking downcast. Without a word or a nod, he drew out a wobble-legged glass chair at our table, called to Art for a stein, glanced from Jesperson to me and loosed a woebegone, “¡Ay de mì!”
“That bad?” inquired Jesperson with a chilling absence of sympathy.
Vic’s head wagged sadly. “Es muy malo.”MoreLess
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