Ice-cube Jesus still in tact

'Ice-cube Joseph has lost his staff but Ice-cube Jesus is still intact.'
She stood next to the candy shelves in the book center holding what looked like a miniature swizzle-stick in her hand.
Staring perplexed from the unsuccessful packaging to Ice-cube Mary's husband.
Soon-to-be Christmas time in Texas.
November 2006

'They predict a wintry mix for Thursday!'
They skip past the front desk to the back where textbooks and winter-school-class-notes wait.
Boxes stuffed with fake orange leaves tower in redundancy.
Soon-to-be-forgotten Thanksgiving in Dallas.
November 2006

'A few days, not a few weeks,' Arthur reminds me.
Yesterday we ate Jesus in the church, KFC on the road and cream-cheese in Houston.
Drinking in every conversation like the last swallow from our hike-battered-water-bottle.
Soon-to-be-missed South African in Dallas.
November 2006