Monday, December 11, 2006

J.J. Dufresne's Brothers

J.J.'s big brothers tortured him.

They dressed him like a girl, they told him he’s an alien from outer space, he’s adopted, his real parents didn’t want him, Mom and Dad hate him, Mom and Dad ran away and are never coming back, Mom and Dad are dead!
They told him he was dying from a terrible disease, but they wouldn't say what this disease was, only that it would hurt a lot when pus shot out of his eyes, and bugs crawled out of his butt, and nobody would want to come near him, not even Mom. They locked him in the basement where it was dark, scary and full of spiders. They locked him outside when it was raining. They pushed his face in the snow. They pounded on him, pounced on him, punched him, pummeled him, they hit him, smacked him, wailed on him and whacked him. They beat him up. They told him he’s stupid, he stinks, his breath smells like farts, and Mom hates you! They made him cry then they made fun of him for crying.

Thirty years later, whenever one of them walks by, J.J. flinches.

2 comments:

Trestles said...

The brother on the right looks like he could be a Russian agent with an ounce of polonium in his pocket.

Jess said...

And that's the one I think I might smooch on if I got drunk at the Dufresne Christmas party. Well, after JJ, of course. I've already smooched all over JJ while drunk at parties. I think it's high time I move on to other Dufresne boys.