Death and menace
TONY (written while he was in jail) “Forget the loneliness, here in jail, all you hear about is how someone is going to kill the guy who put him in here, and that’s the only thing you hear all day,...
View ArticleThe power of meth
TONY “So I’m staying in this house; it’s been abandoned on account of my friend dying there. It was the meth that did it. “I’m sitting there in front of a clock-radio and I hear this creak, creak,...
View ArticleLord of the flies
TONY “We’re losing another homeless guy.” PHILIP “Who’s that?” TONY “You remember when I told you about the homeless guy up the street, the guy who was drinking mouthwash? He’s in the hospital — has...
View ArticleStill life with flowers
TONY “You remember I told you about that homeless guy who got killed maybe a month ago? You know, Silvio, the one who lived in that park just south of Queen and Roncesvalles. Anyway, I just went by...
View ArticleMy friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends
TONY “Phil, you should hear what happened to me Saturday night: I was paying my respects to Silvio, the homeless guy who got killed in September down at King and Ronces, the guy I told you about and...
View ArticleBeige existence
TONY “A lady I know, her father died so she brought me down his coat to see if it would fit me. Nice, eh.”
View ArticleAssassinating Benazir Bhutto
PHILIP “Did you hear that Benazir Bhutto was just assassinated?” TONY “Yeah, someone just told me about that. I bet you President Bush caused it somehow.”
View ArticleWay back when
PHILIP “Do you know, Oscar Peterson died?” TONY “Yup. Let me tell you, I remember Oscar Petersen. He was something. He was one of those great Canadians.”
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