I went ten rounds with Mr. Hemingway.
I hit him with a left hook to the liver
and
he went down. Irascible "Razz" Heap:
Immobilized in Point and Shoot
is a better book
than A Moveable Feast, and I am a better writer.
Except
for being a bad provider, I was a better
husband and father. At least I didn't
play around on
my old lady or get divorced and let my kids be raised
by madwomen
and nannies. Irish Catholic servants.
He should have stayed with Hadley. He
wasn't even
cash-register honest. He stole Miro's The Farm from her.
What
made him think he deserved a yacht like the Pilar?
Who said he should be
able to deep-sea fish and go on safari?
I don't like rich people. I walked their
polo ponies.
They were no better than General Trujillo
and Porfirio Rubirosa.
I fucked Barbara Hutton.
I don't like officers.