
Woman because she walks along the street inįunny old clothes and sneakers talking to herself,Īnd she sometimes has half a dozen or more strayĬats living with her. Kids around here call her Crazy Kate the Cat I slam out of our house mad, I go along over to This scene, and there gets to be a pattern: When This isn't the first time Pop and I have played I slam the record player shut, grab a stick andīall, and run down the three flights of stairs to Pop hisses, "Now, see – you've gone and upset The record player so hard the needle skips, which "Don't get fresh!" Pop jerks the plug out of "Pop," I say patiently, "there are no rabbits Ten miles chasing rabbits on a good Saturday." Was your age, I made money on a newspaper delivery route, and my dog Jeff and I used to go "Why aren't you outdoors, anyway? Baby-sitting! Baby-talk records! When I "You're not going to play that stuff in this Record has one piece about a father telling his When I earned some extra money baby-sitting forĪ little boy around the corner on Gramercy Park. The big hassle that led to me getting Cat came Heavy drapes or rugs, and Mom never fries anyįood because the doctors figure dust and smoke Middle of New York City – we don't have any Quiet, and when anything upsets her, she getsĪsthma. Thinks he's got to roar a lot to make up for notīeing a big hairy tough guy. Guy with very little gray curly hair, so maybe he

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