Episode 12: The Sun Also Rises
This is the Way: a memoir of poetry and heroin
English - January 26, 2018 18:52 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsBooks Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Out at the nurse’s station, I see Gay Chuck Berry sitting back in his chair, his green Giorgio Brutini faux alligator dress shoes not dulled a bit by the harsh fluorescent lights. “Joe,” I say humbly, “I need to get a razor and some shaving cream or soap or something.” I am still trying to…
Out at the nurse’s station, I see Gay Chuck Berry sitting back in his chair, his green Giorgio Brutini faux alligator dress shoes not dulled a bit by the harsh fluorescent lights.
“Joe,” I say humbly, “I need to get a razor and some shaving cream or soap or something.” I am still trying to be on my best behavior to all the staff so I can get out of here as fast as possible.
He looks away from me as usual. “Whacha need that fer?” he asks the ceiling, suspicious.
“My skin–I have bad eczema, seborrheic dermatitis.”
He finally looks over at me, annoyed. “I’m from Alabama, sir.”
“It’s a kind of rash,” I say.