joe putz-a-vucki
my mother told me
about one of my father’s clients
ed kazinski
he had a stutter
and you couldn’t mistake his voice
well he called the house one night
and my father was out with the boys
and so my mother decided to play a trick
she told ed “my husband is out
with ed kazinski
and he won’t be home for a while”
and ed stuttered, tried to make an excuse
cover up for my father
and said, “uh, well, tell him
joe putz-a-vucki called”
and he quickly hung up
the telephone
thought my mother didn’t know his voice
later he told my father
he covered up for him
and my father said, my wife knows
your stuttering voice, silly
everybody can recognize your voice
she was just playing a joke
and by the way
who is joe putz-a-vucki
ed told my father
that putz-a-vucki was polish
for “under the sidewalk”
and it was just
what came out
of his mouth
when he didn’t have time
to think
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