179TH AND VYSE, BRONX, NY (PART XXXXX): LIFE BEFORE DEATH IN (ugh) NEW JERSEY

MID-TEEN ADVENTURES:

while on vacation, like i wasn't always on vacation, i met, elaine whose father was a BUTCHER.  BUTCHERS during and after the germanbastard war ii were centers of power, wealth, and autocracy.  in order to purchase meat you needed money, ration stamps, money, and money.  did i mention money?  there was an active,  ... ummm .. illegal? .....  ration stamp trade. at any rate, you had to deal with, THE BUTCHER.

AND  elaine's father was a BUTCHER.  they lived in brooklyn, which to a mid-teen from the bronx might just as well have been siberia or a sub-sahara nation. 

my only regret is that i could have been somebody.  the son-in-law and errand boy for the BUTCHER.  so close.  maybe a presidential contender, like donald trump.

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