SharpestLife19

Jan. 10, 1999 If you’re really hungry, day-old cheese that’s been baking in the sun all day takes on an entirely different light. Couple it with a hunk of dry, stale bread and you’ve got enough to last you all day. I clipped an orange Slice from the 7-11 on the corner of 3rd and Main. Next time I go, I’ll take Lulu along and between the two of us, one keeping watch and distracting the clerk and the other stealing, we could get a full two liters. Lulu is fourteen, a kid compared with my seventeen years. Lulu’s real name is Lucille, but when she hit the street, people took to calling her Lulu. She said it grew on her. I think she was always ...

“I Wish I were a Wetta”There’s a special bug in New Zealand that you could make a pet ‘a. It’s big, long-legged, and smart, even! In fact, if you let a Real bright one be in charge of a whole set ‘a Others. If people were more like them, I bet a Million dollars, that we’d all be better off. No, really! Don’t roll your eyes and scoff.I wish I were a wetta. I could get through winter perfectly fine. I wish I were a wetta. I could stop my heart and start living again when I saw the first Spring sign. If I were a wetta, I think I’d be happy as a lark. ‘Cause if I were a wetta, I could live off of grubs and bark. I wish, I wish, I wish I were a...