#153

the boys broke the banister and i gotta tell mom and dad for crissake we were doing just fine besides a friendly tiff about if and when they were too mean to each other and then the rubber band ball falls down the stairs and breaks the goddam upright on the banister i was just sitting there on my computer when i heard a thud crack crash and i shouted out what was that and then silence and then i said i said what was that guys then i walked around the corner to find that the rubber band ball fell down the stairs and snapped the upright like a twig and they were all like he was playing with the rubber band ball nah ah it wasn't me it was him and i said i dont care go put the rubber band ball back upstairs and i held the two pieces of the broken upright in my hand and said this costs money and they hung their heads as if money were some magical heavy thing which had an importance beyond their comprehension and then after they put the rubber band ball back upstairs they tried to walk right out the front door right under my nose as if it was a normal thing for ten year old boys to do to just leave the house without telling anybody