She misses all of us, and her house with the piggy on top. I’ll bet every morning she drives downtown and passes that BIG DIRT MOUNTAIN, she thinks about climbing to the top and looking around
at all the things she misses downtown. If she could, I bet she would go by the purple building where Bootsy’s used to be; she would go to the Market and even peek in the pet store; she’d go to the theatre where we last saw Beehive and then to the pool to swim underwater and pick up dive sticks; she’d take you boys and walk down Main Street saying “Hello” to everyone, listening to music, maybe get a street pop and buy a new necklace or purse. Lemonhead loves all the things we do, boys. She loves the days we would shop at the Market, come home, make fried chicken, sing, dance and play Barbies in the house with the piggy on top.”
Mama saw sadness in Leo and Jackson. They wanted to say “Hello” and give kisses to Lemonhead, to watch her giggle and fall to the ground. Jackson wanted Lemonhead to lie on him like
a pillow, to pull out the couch and watch silly movies on tippy-top. Leo thought about how easy it is to steal beef jerky from Lemonhead and his mouth watered just thinking