crispy
raze
he
told
the
waitress
the
bacon
was
no
good
.
she
apologized
and
brought
him
a
few
fresh
strips
on
a
small
plate
.
"
what's
wrong
with
it
?"
his
brother
asked
.
"
i
can't
eat
it
,"
he
said
.
"
something
the
matter
with
your
teeth
?"
"
no
.
it's
hard
as
a
rock
.
impossible
to
chew
."
"
mind
if
i
have
it
?"
my
mother
was
like
that
too
.
always
biting
into
what
no
one
else
wanted
,
when
she
was
the
one
who
made
it
that
way
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from