himself and a .38 Special for Mamaw.
They manned the exits to the funeral
home and checked every car. When they
encountered an old friend, they
explained the situation and enlisted help.
When they met someone else, they
searched the cars like goddamned DEA
agents.
Uncle Pet approached, frustrated that
Mamaw and Papaw were holding up
traffic. When they explained, Pet howled
with laughter: “He’s asleep in the church
pew, let me show you.” After they found
me, they allowed traffic to flow freely
once again.
I thought about Papaw buying me a
BB gun with a mounted scope. He
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