MIKE

Darn, wrong Mike. That's the one who used to sell ice cream on 14th street. 

The plan to stay here is being quickly hatched by a woman who claims to be from Joplin, MO. She has fueled-up on welfare benefits and stands ready to share an apartment after only one conversation. I often say, “They are sitting there waiting for me” to get off a bus or train. Thus the miracle of a Kia or Toyota motor vehicle. You can leave when you want, and return when you want. This is worth paying for again when I sell a book, screenplay, or blow Mike Parsons over Kansas and into Colorado, where he can buy some legal “weed” and try it. This would be only if he did not already seize a bunch as sheriff of Polk County for his personal “stash.”

Bill