My Four Fathers and Other Short Stories

My Four Fatherswhen Youâ€Ve Got A Mother Like Mine You Really Should Tell The World About Her. She Was A Woman With God-Given Beauty And A Voice Rich Enough To Give You Zits. She Adored Her Immigrant Parents And Trusted Their Old Country Values Even When Destined To Marry So Terribly Young.She Was Only Eighteen When I Came Along Which Meant We Virtually Grew Up Together Meandering Through Adolescence While €Œsuffering The Slings And Arrows Of Outrageous Fortunes.€ (Shakespeare Wrote That But I Live It.)I Find It Curious That Iâ€M Not A Babbling Paranoid Schizophrenic Merely A Sparring Partner In This Arena We Call Life.Bb Gun For Joeyit Was A Day A Brother A Girl Friend A Job Of Stress Of Joy Of Hope Of Success; It Was A Day I Cherish.Raimund A Brother Losttwo Brothers Separated In Their Youth Never To See One Another Again. A Brother Lost . . .The Canary Yo-Yo Capera Little Brotherâ€S Curtain Call To Fame And Fortune In A Roller-Coaster Ride As The Neighborhoodâ€S Little Cesar Takes Over.The Magic Stampan Aging Athlete Left In His Lonely World Of Long-Passed Memories.