february 17, 1996
dear daisy,
do you remember those days in grammar school when we didn't have enough
money for me to buy lunch at school? so you would make me a peanut
butter and jelly sandwich, cut off all the edges, put in a dill pickle
and a sugar cookie. now, the milk part was tricky, 'cause everybody
else lined up to buy their milk with their little nickel in their
little hands and there i sat at the cafeteria table. but while they
were all in line not lookin', i took out the beautiful china plate and
crystal goblet you had gotten for your wedding, and by the time my
friends got back to the cafeteria table, there i sat like a king with
my lunch laid out before me. and i even had a linen napkin. i told all
my friends that water was good for the skin ... better than milk ...
that milk should be used to bathe in (got that from miss mary who used
to iron for us). anyway, before you knew it, every little follower was
following, and you've never seen so many sets of china in a school
cafeteria in your life. i think we even made the "weekly reader"
nationwide. ah yes, all great creativity comes from the lack of
something. i hope i never have everything.
love,
jerry
