The Blues & Billie Armstrong 39
CARNIVAL SOUP
Previously in The Blues & Billie Armstrong…
“Yes, you need your rest,” Darlene said. “Don’t do too much too soon. You’ll have a relapse.”
From behind the newspaper held up in front of his face, my father’s voice said, “You don’t want to miss any more work.”
Later, the parents were watching television, a rerun of Bewitched, the one where naughty cousin Serena turns into a hippie—possibly the corniest hippie ever portrayed—and goes to jail after a riot at a love-in.
I’d seen it before so I went to my room with the idea to re-read something in my U.S. Government textbook.