I. Last week Tommy was down to the hardware store wearing his mother’s flowered, (floured?) dress and carrying a taxidermied goat that he said told him that Christ wasn’t coming back.
They sent the patrol car down to deal with the disruption and Chief Johnson tried to make him see sense but you know Tommy.
His Momma’s gone to Memphis with an insurance salesman; they’re looking for a retirement plan.
II. Grover Mains Street is covered in bunting but what with Gus Atherton dying just three days ago and the VFW in such chaos what with the wake and all that the ladies auxiliary never got the lemonade stand set up.
III. The color guard looks good this year. Not like the time Shorty Pinker’s youngest, Tina? Tanya? Tammy? doesn’t matter she left town two years ago, hasn’t even called her mother once. Anyway, not like the time Shorty Pinker’s youngest ran into the street and the color guard had to detour though the floral display to avoid trampling the tot.
