YOU HEARD ME RIGHT.
See, Frick here—
Buck paused.
Why they call you that, anyway?
he asked, sidetracked.
It’s really Frank. Twin sister,
Frances. Frick and Frack
came from my uncle.
Stupid shit old men call you stick in the hood,
Frick explained.
Who you tellin’.
Matter fact because of you—
Buck paused again, turned back to me.
Because of him, Will,
the only reason
people ’round here
know my government name
is from reading it on my damn tombstone.