PEGGY AND HER FIRST HUSBAND
PEGGY WAS MARRIED TO A NAVY GUY WE WILL CALL HIM LOU “BECAUSE THAT WAS HIS
NAME.
WHEN
PAPERS WAS FILED AND A LITTLE TIME LATER
PEGGY AND I STARTED TO DATE (WHEN SHE WASN’T PISSED AT ME)
ONE AFTERNOON PEGGY AND I HAD BEEN TO
THE BEACH AND GOT TO HER APARTMENT JUST ABOUT DARK.
THE PHONE RANG AND IT WAS AN OLD
BOYFRIEND AND STILL FRIEND OF PEGGY’S
PEGGY WENT TO TAKE A SHOWER “BY HERSELF”
AND I PROPED MY FEET UP TO WATCH TV.
I HEARD SOMEONE PULL UP OUTSIDE AND WENT
TO LOOK. OH IT’S THE ARMY FRIEND I
THOUGH THEN I THOUGH WHY IS HE GETTING OUT OF A TAXI MY NEXT THOUGHT WAS WHY IS A ARMY GUY
WEARING A NAVY UNIFORM.
BY THIS TIME HE WAS EYE TO EYE WITH ME
AND I SAID HI LOU. PEGGY CAME OUT OF
THE SHOWER WITH A TOWEL AROUND HER I
SAT BACK DOWN ON THE COUCH AND WATCHED ONE OF THE DAMNEST FIGHTS I HAD EVER
SEEN AND DID NOT EVEN HAVE THE TV ON.
END RESULT LOU STORMED OUT
LOU STAYED AT RUTHS HOUSE PEGGY AT HER APARTMENT AND ME AT MY MOTHER’S.
LOU HAD GUNS AND THE WORD WAS HE WAS
AFTER ME WELL I HAD A GUN ALSO. AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS OF MORE OR LESS HIDING I CALLED LOU AND TOLD HIM I WOULD BE IN HIS DRIVEWAY IN TEN MINUTES
AND HE COULD EITHER COME OUT SHOOTING OR
WE COULD GO GET A BEER HIS CHOSE
WELL TEN MINUTES LATER I HIT HIS OR
RUTHS DRIVEWAY MY GUN IN HAND OUT COMES LOU A GUN IN BOTH HANDS I SAID OK WHAT’S IT GOING TO BE AND AFTER WHAT SEEMED FOR HOURS BY WAS
ONLY SECOUNDS A MINUTE AT THE MOST
LOU SAID DAMN LET’S GO GET A BEER. HE TOSSED HIS GUNS ON THE FRONT SEAT OF MY CAR
AND I LAID MINE DOWN WE HEADED OUT
DRINKING AND SHOOTING POOL.
PEGGY WAS WORKING AT A DRYCLEANERS AND
WORRIED TO DEATH ABOUT BOTH OF US. WE
DRUNK ON OUR BUTT DECIDED TO STOP BY AND SEE HER. SHE WAS SURPRISED
I STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND WOMEN
THE PROBLEM WITH GUNS WAS SOLVED BUT
SHE WAS PISSED AT ME AGAIN
A COUPLE OF DAYS WENT BY PEGGY TOLD ME SHE AND LOU WAS TRYING TO WORK
THINGS OUT. THIS WAS BAD FOR ME EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS TRYING TO SAVE A MARRIAGE
LOU EVEN BOUGHT HER ANEW CHEY CONVERTIBALE
I PICKED LOU UP AGAIN HAD A FEW BEERS AND TOLD HIM I HAD A GIRL
FOR HIM I WOULD FIX HIM UP GET ME A GIRL AND WE COULD DOUBLE DATE
I THEN CALLED PEGGY AND ASKED HER OUT SO
WE COULD TALK. LOU DIDN’T KNOW WHO MY
DATE WAS AND PEGGY DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS A DATE
I PICKED UP LOU’S DATE HE LIKED HER AND THEY SETTLED INTO THE
BACKSEAT PEGGY GOT INTO THE CAR
AND I SAID I THOUGHT WE WOULD DOUBLE DATE
THIS ENDED THE TALKS ABOUT THEM GETTING
BACK TOGETHER WE HAD FUN THAT
NIGHT ALTHOUGH I AM NOT REALLY SURE IF
PEGGY DID OR NOT
PEGGY GAVE THE CHEVY BACK
LOU AND I PARTED AS FRIENDS HE EVEN GAVE ME A TAPE RECORDER THAT I
WANTED AS HE WENT BACK TO