Monday, Oct. 15, 2001
“In my childhood there was a penny-candy store on the corner, run by a rail-thin
immigrant who was constantly in jail when the country was at war. I would stop
by there with all my boyhood pals and we would plunk fat copper pennies on the
counter and buy as much penny candy as we could afford.
One day I got my hand stuck in the penny candy jar, and I realized the only way
I would be able to get it out would be to let go of some of that sweet, enticing
candy. I thought how strange that I could barely fit the candy all in my hand
and yet expected to be able to fit it all in my belly.
For the longest time, I couldn’t decide if I had the heart to let all that penny
candy go and just take what I could eat. Or if I’d hang onto it forever and
maybe even grow old and walk around for the rest of my life with a penny candy
jar on my clenched fist.
Then the immigrant came out of the bathroom and yelled for me to get my thieving
unwashed hands out of the penny candy jar or he was going to grab his pistol.
After that I was banned from the store.”
“Penny Candy”
Milestones
the commune's scratch 'n sniff look at last year's office potluck
Opportunities
Pants a Capitalist
Free Virus Baggies
Take a Kitten, Please
the commune book selections
the commune's Bear in Rearview
the commune's Big Book of Duke
Faces of the commune
the commune 100: Leaders and Revolutionaries
the commune 100: Traitors and Noodledicks
FAQ Shwartz |
Site Map's Somewhere in the Glovebox |
Search In Vain |
Contract Ick
Privacy Police |
Terms of Gary Busey |
Reprints & Persimmons |
Press Eject Now
“Darby”
Uncle Trey had a dog that we all liked a lot, a dog by the name of Darby. He was a
small white dog with wiry hair, I think he was a Jack Russell terrier.
“Vase”
Mom had this vase given to her in Great Aunt Mable's will and she loved it
dearly. It sat on a wooden table in front of our picture window. I think it was from
Japan.
“Mr. Dingle”
I remember in my youth, I had made a mask out of rubber bands and construction
paper. It was a beautiful thing, glittering with sparkles I had glued around the eye
holes.
