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motherfucker the whole time. I think Todd was thinking about that dirty old bitch
he was married to and all the shit she said about us. Anyway, the whole damn
thing was sad as a motherfucker, and I wanted to go on back to the crib, watch
MASH, drink a couple of forties and go the fuck to sleep, but Todd said we had to
stay til that little cat motherfucker, Hobie, was up in the ground. Since he's my
ride, I stayed.
Peace and I'm out, Percy 2 Hard
I put my boots back on sitting on the kitchen floor and wondered what the fuck would
happen next. I decided to start the funeral by myself and walked out into the garage to grab
Hobie out of the freezer. His fur felt crispy through the bag, like cold Christmas decorations. I
carried him out to the gravesite and laid him down in the coffin still in the bag. His little head
was poking out of the bag now, and the frost on his whiskers was melting fast. I smoked a
cigarette, finished the beer and waited for Marilyn.
Finally, she came out, looking like nothing had happened.
"You got him ready?" she asked putting her hair in a scruntchy.
"Yeah."
"I don't want to look at him any more."
"Okay," I said and put the lid on the casket and the Velcro straps around it.
"Todd, can you say something?"
"Say something?" I asked.
"You know, like something to Jesus about Hobie going to heaven."
I couldn't remember a damn thing to say to Jesus about Hobie going to heaven. Not even
that ashes to ashes stuff. Finally, I remembered my grandmother saying, "Just talk to him."59
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Edgington, Manford L. "Money Only Pays for It" and other stories., thesis, August 2004; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4619/m1/82/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .