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She was screaming with her little voice what who?
I didn't say anything. I said I'm hanging up. You think my foot
isn't killing me? What do you care?
She screamed wait wait.
I said Jack's wife?
She screamed yeah yeah Jack's wife.
I said Jack's wife from Goethe?
She screamed yeah Jack's wife.
I said listen . Let another person talk sometimes .
She stopped screaming.
Are you listening I said .
She whispered yes yes.
Gloonk I hung up.
That night Genghis Khan and The Stomach were together.
didn ' t say anything .
I went home and put my foot in the toilet bowl and flushed the
water. Who needs a hospital? A small skinny from Budapest? Not for
me . A friend calls and I said helloJack . I also have a toilet bowl.
It
sucks
my foot and soon it feels better. At night I knock over the garbage bag
under the sink so in the dark I listen to them eat. The rats are happy .
1'm happy. I yell sleep .
It
comes like a taxi cab.
