ABOUT MY FATHER...

MY FATHER WAS A QUIET MAN,NOT BOISTEROUS, BUT A TRUE ARTIST WHO LIVED TO CREATE MUSIC - A COMPOSER- MUSICIAN OF CLARINET, AND ALTO SAX...HE WAS POPULAR...HE LOVED ALL PEOPLE, AND HE WORKED AT THE POST OFFICE WHERE HIS CO-WORKERS CALLED HIM, "SMILEY"...A GOOD MAN.

MATER WAS A PHILISTINE- NOT FOND OF ARTISTS...SHE FEARED THEM BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T CONTROL THEM. SHE WOULD RIFLE THROUGH HIS POCKETS WHILE HE WAS ASLEEP AND AS A CHILD WATCHING HER IN THE DARK, I WOULD TELL HER THAT SHE SHOULDN'T DO THAT...LOOKING FOR INFORMATION, TELEPHONE NUMBERS - WHATEVER SHE COULD FIND TO DO HER MISCHIEF FOR HER "MOTHER" WHO SHE NEVER SPOKE ON, ONLY OF HER FATHER WHO SUPPOSEDLY WAS 400 POUNDS, PITCH BLACK, AND A CHEF, FROM THE BRITISH WEST INDIES...MY MOTHER WAS A SABATOUR SENT AND TRAINED IN ENGLAND TO DISPOSE OF THE HANDSOME DESIREABLE MEN HERE IN AMERICA, PARTICULARLY THOSE HER WERE SWARTHY.

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