It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

© Autobiography Of No One In Particular © ... Chapter 21

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Chapter 21
 
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Nothing 
would delight me more
 
is my Godmother
 
His father was the best man
at my parents' wedding
 
My Godmother
—Catherine Oliverio—
will always be 
known as
"Aunt Kay"
 
My Uncle
—William P. Kampe—
will always be 
known as
"Uncle Willy"
 
He had the highest IQ
 of all my relatives
and the last time
I saw him
—in Tarpon Springs, Florida—
he made mincemeat
of me
on the chessboard

Later that month 
(May, 1981)
I became a California resident

The last time I saw Aunt Kay
(by then, a widow)
was co-piloted
by a bottle of scotch
 
The last time I saw
Richard Kampe
was after the funeral
of our funniest Uncle
—Paul Vernon Oliverio—
and that night in 1999
was as memorable
as my last night
with Aunt Kay

Uncle Paul was born 
on October 16th
which is the date
Richard passed away
in 2014

He died exactly
thirty-three years
after his prettiest Aunt
—my Mother—
passed away
***
 
I owe an apology
to Richard's widow
—my cousin Susan—
because she invited me
to visit the family
in South Carolina
 
That  was October, 2015,
when I drove 
thirty-two hundred miles
from Katonah, NY
to Long Beach, CA
 
Not only did I not 
visit my cousin
but I have not
spoken to her since
that time

According to his "Wiki Page,"
Richard Kampe was
the President of Tobacco
for RJ REYNOLDS
 
Therefore,
I also apologize to 
the Health Nazis
who were expecting me
to dig up some dirt
 on my beloved cousin
••• 
 
   

The next chapter
is  TBD
 
The first chapters
of this autobiography
are  there 
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2 comments:

  1. Your cousin looks like Perry Como.

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    1. Interesting that you say that because Richard was the BMOC
      at Lynbrook High School where he organized a "Hootenanny"
      and impersonated the famous crooner.

      Richard sang a duet with "Doris Day" who was
      actually his future bride, Susan

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