............ men in tan suits............

Everybody started singing "Happy Birthday"
except Dennis and me:

Dennis reached down and picked up the chip.
He looked at it closely, holding it in the palm
of his hand. There was a pile of uneaten shrimp
on his plate.

He handed the chip to me and joined in on the chorus.

looping in my
mind................................................... the blue notebook



Uncle Roger File 2: The Blue Notebook by Judy Malloy
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