- Robert, I'm sorry to ask you a favor but I am busy today at the kid's school. We also need several things from the grocery store. … it's okay to go Wall-mart. … Thank you.
Fine. … I'll go do her shopping. … It's the least I could do. … As I quickly got my clothes on … I realized I had to smoke some shit first. … There was no way I'd go do errands in Texas for Alma without smoking shit first. … So I got my supplies out of my bag … which was in the trunk of my car outside. … I soon came back and smoked the crystal inside the house … usually in the back bathroom. … I did this and wandered around the mobile home for an hour and 45 minutes … and I realized, oh shit. … The kids will be out of school soon! … Fuck! I have to go! …
And so I rushed off into my car, my black station wagon … and twenty minutes later arrived at Wallmart in exciting Downtown Weatherford. As I shopped for Alma … I was smacked across my jaw with how big everything was in the store.
… HUGE this! … HUGE that! … GIGANTIC! …… BIG BURRITOS! … MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK BANG! AS IN ORANGE BANG! … BIG BANANAS! … HUGE HAMBURGER PATTIES! … HUGE HOT DOGS! … GIGANTIC GREEN BEANS! … GIGANTIC GARY THE MAN-CHILD! … Wait, what? … Gigantic Gary the Man-Child???
- Master! Master! It was indeed Gary the Man-child … who he was at this particular moment … I had no idea … It's me! … Caliban!
… Your faithful servant! … Your slave! … Whatever you want me to do … I'll do! … Oh, Master, Master, please let me give you a hug! It's been 400 years!
Before I could say anything in response to this giant of a man … he was enormous … with a child's face … Abe McAndrews … who I alsowqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq didn't know at this point … came running down this aisle behind Gary.
- Gary! Abe shouted as he finally reached our area. … Gary, I told you had to stay inside my body in order for you –
Abe stopped talking and looked in the direction I was in … so that both he and Gary were staring right at me … Neither said anything for a while … just stood there staring at me … which made me laugh nervously.
- Do you guys know me from somewhere? I finally asked.
- Oh, oh, oh … Oh, Boy! … Yes, I do! … I do, I do, I do!
This Gary Man-Child guy began to shoot electricity out of every pore of his body. … It was quite amazing … very amazing … what the hell … who the hell were these guys? … Caliban? … For 400 years? … Soon the older normal sized human in the front saidqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq … then grabbed the Man-child's right wrist … and right away the Man-Child began to shrink … and shrink … and shrink … until it seemed he disappeared inside the older man's job to entertain you.
- Very impressive use of electrical energy. I remarked.
- Especially impressive … Abe began … for giving people who need more strength than usual … When those who have been stepped on stop those whoe3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 …
Apparently the other guy … Gary the Man-Child … was so excited to see me he couldn't help himself and was trying to burst through the old man's pores.
- Who are you? … I asked blunt-point range. … And what do you want?
- You, young man … killed my son and daughter, Arnold and Chelsea McAndrews …
I knew this was it. … It was finally catching up to me. … It may not be the police that was on me now … but the Arnold and Chelsea's dad. … Abe looked as if he was going to explode. … Partly due to the excitement of Gary … partly his own nervousness … I dropped the basket of groceries I had in my hand and quickly walked … not run so as not to attract too much attention … out of the store. … Abe was shaking so much, in so much unbearable frustrated pain, he didn't know what to do. … Eventually, he forced his body to move … to go after me.
I rushed to my car … jumped in … breathing heavily … nervous … sweating and sweating and sweating … I had to get out of town right away after this transaction … No last goodbye with Alma … no groceries … nothing left to do but head for Montreal … Quebec … Canada …then once there find Rosie's Russian gal pal. … But first … drive … drive … drive … Goodbye, Alma … Goodbye … Wish it could have been a face to face goodbye.
credits
from E.I.E.,
released September 30, 2014
Words, Music, and Vocals by Derek Hunter
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