about me, part 1

i was born by a river in a little shack, and just like the river i can't get back on track. my parents were missionaries in china, or maybe in india or central africa one day lenin and trotsky came to town. they stayed at mrs b's rooming house. mao tse-tung was already in town and he was staying at the savoy. we knew trouble was brewing when hombres like that were in town. when i finished sweeping up at the mission i went for a walk. as i approached the river i heard laughter. someone was laughing. by the time i came around the bend the laughter had stopped. on the river bank a fish was flopping. i could never remember seeing such a fish before. not even in my dreams. behind me i heard a gurgling sound. yeti was standing there. yeti was my best friend. rain began to fall. i pointed to the fish still flopping on the ground. veins began to throb in yeti's forehead. he was as baffled by the fish as i was. right then we heard the sound of oars coming through the water. i turned and saw trotsky lenin and stalin in a rowboat. no conversation seemed to be going on. a i watched the water ripple out from the boat lenin turned and waved to me i waved back trotsky merely nodded at me truth be told i never liked trotsky much lenin was much more friendly eternity was in his gaze stalin was my favorite he always had a smile almost always conversation with him was easy a koala bear could not be more friendly