HOMECOMING (polyphonic prose story)

Uncle Mortimer got there early, so he could sit down next to Shirley. Whenever the family gets together, usually there's very stormy weather. Lightning and thunder are nothing much at all. You should hear our family when they all begin to brawl. Little Sally will start to bawl. Uncle Boris with that old southern drawl... keep him away from that moonshine alcohol. My cousin Jenny's voice is like a catcall. The wrawl of the twins is loudest of all. The kin and kind all found their way today. Somebody will end up carried away. Cousin jed with those snakes in his head.... don't even get me started on Steve. It's all worth the fuss on All Hallows' Eve.