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incident at ernie's pizza

al was mad. brandon was fooling around with al’s girlfriend claudette. that was what al had been told by his friend dennis. actually brandon had never even met claudette. but al did not know that. al got a gun. he found brandon at ernie’s pizza parlor, finishing off a ham and egg grinder with a side of hot fries. al confronted brandon. ignoring brandon’s protestations of innocence regarding claudette, al shot brandon in the heart. brandon slumped in his chair, and then fell to the ground. a few minutes later claudette arrived. ernie had called the police, and al was sitting down at a table staring into space, with ernie standing over him. brandon was still sprawled on the floor. ernie had checked his pulse and found none. informed of what had happened, claudette not only told al that she had never met brandon, but that she did not know where al got off thinking that she, claudette, belonged to him, and that she was “his” girl. just then frank and gloria arrived. frank and gloria expressed dismay at the proceedings and loudly proclaimed how sorry they were for brandon, who had been a great guy and one of their best friends. actually neither frank nor gloria cared two cents about brandon, they were just saying that. they were a couple of hypocrites. to sum up: brandon had no relationship with claudette, proper or otherwise. claudette did not even consider herself al’s girl. frank and gloria, who expressed sorrow at brandon’s demise, did not really like him. actually nobody had ever liked brandon much, not even his mother. so - al was an idiot, brandon was a nonentity, claudette was a cold hearted bitch, dennis was a jerk who had caused the whole thing for no good reason, ernie was just pissed off, and frank and gloria were two-faced hypocrites. given all that, the question is: is brandon dead?

bud

bud was just a guy he walked because he couldn’t fly scratched his head from time to time never had a lousy dime no one ever noticed him he was neither fat nor slim he might perhaps have gained some weight but to eat each day was not his fate a member of the human hive he never worked from nine to five he walked beneath skies gray and blue and to no cause was ever true no one ever asked his thoughts he may have had some, maybe not but knew his share of sneers and scorn like every human ever born in all his days and all his nights no one ever thought to write down anything he did or said he lived awhile, and now he’s dead

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marcia

marcia had only been dead for a few days and was still not used to the ways of heaven. she was walking along a sort of countryish road and she saw four people seated at a picnic table by the side of the road. as she came closer to the table, she saw that the four people were marilyn monroe, james dean, sylvia plath, and winston churchill. they were chatting amiably together, and sharing a pitcher of lemonade which stood in the center of the picnic table. there was space for more people to sit at the two benches at the table, and marcia wondered if it would be rude to invite herself to sit down. she found herself saying, “do you mind if i sit here?” to the quartet at the table. marilyn monroe smiled at marcia. “of course not,” she said, and patted the bench beside her. marcia sat down beside marilyn monroe, who scooted over a little closer to james dean. james dean was telling a long story that marcia could not pick up the thread of, something about making a movie about a war between the byzantine and bulgarian empires, with lenin and sacheverell sitwell as technical advisers. marcia looked at the pitcher of lemonade, and winston churchill thoughtfully poured her a glass and pushed it toward her, but without taking his attention off of james dean’s story., or taking his cigar out of his mouth. when james dean finished his story, sylvia plath asked marcia what her name was, and then asked marcia a lot of questions about herself which seemed to show a sincere interest and quite put marcia at her ease. marilyn monroe then began telling a funny story about going fishing off easter island with noel coward and djuna barnes. marcia was relaxing and enjoying herself when suddenly st michael appeared. it was immediately obvious that he did not at all approve of marcia sitting there and talking with four such famous humans. glaring at marcia, “is this person bothering you?” he asked the others at the table. “oh, no, not all, “ marilyn monroe assured st michael. “we are having a most enjoyable afternoon. you are welcome to join us, if you like." “thank you, but i have business elsewhere.” and with a final hard stare at poor marcia st michael departed. marilyn monroe resumed her story, but for marcia the mood had been broken. she wondered if the four famous people were really enjoying her company, or were just being polite, as seemed to be the general rule in heaven. when marilyn monroe finished her story, marcia thanked them all for the lemonade and for a lovely afternoon, and after smiles and good wishes all around, she went on her way. marcia had never quite figured things out on earth, and now she wondered if heaven was going to be more of the same. at least In heaven she would have plenty of time. i will get the hang of it eventually, marcia told herself.

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