One Lump – Or – Two?

The toy boat sails across the pond
The work now has just begun
Oh child
Look what you have done.

Children have a sixth sense that warns them when an adult is mentally ill and dangerous. But, when this adult is a parent (or two) what the hell is one going to do? For sure I could not sit next to my father anymore as we drove all over the Bay Area delivering produce for Acme, the name he had painted on the side of his red Ford truck. It means, “without equal”. When it came to being a loser, I knew my father was without equal! So did my brother, Mark, who did me one big favor in life.

“I can’t sit next to him anymore. Please! Let me have the window?”

My brother looked at me with me with sympathy. He knew Vic was sucking the gentile light…