“Shit! Where can you get some meat in this town? Fuckin’ vegetarians have taken over! ” Glenn was on a rampage. “I am a hippie, but I eat meat for Christ’s sake!” He was going on and on about it. Some promotion didn’t come through for him. He was in line to become the manager… Continue reading Roast Beef
Category: Wild Jane
Time period from birth to age 28 or so.
Haircut
She hated them! Hated Them! They didn’t have names like Mom or Dad. She just hated them for everything. His drunken meanness, her inability to protect the children from his outfall. They cut her hair – her long thick straight honey blond hair. He was drunk and laughing. He called her outside with the scissors… Continue reading Haircut
Juvie
Her father was drunk again. He pulled her out of bed, took off his belt and began beating her in an uncontrollable frenzy. He whipped her and whipped her while her terrified sister and little brothers huddled close to their screaming mother. This was to be the end of it. She was seventeen. It was… Continue reading Juvie
It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye
It’s so hard to say goodbye. The little mama, so pretty and sweet… It’s the last supper and all the kids are there. They laugh and joke, but the underlying tone is death. This is the last time they will all sit together to share a meal as a family. Mama arrives in an ambulance.… Continue reading It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye
Superman, The Whole Story
“Well, you can’t kill Superman,” she remarked after being told that her father was rallying after a near brush with death. He had always told them that he was Superman. As children they half believed him. ” You can’t hurt steel, you know?” he would say as the kids tried to punch him in the arm as hard as they could.… Continue reading Superman, The Whole Story