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I
am not Tom Moore! I have witnesses
By
W? Telmé Moore
You
can dispel for once and for all that I might be one
and the same as el distinguido licenciado Gerardo Tomás
Moore, the editor of this fine publication.
Yes, I am guilty of trying to "borrow"
a little of Don Tomás' celebrity and credibility.
Yes, I think he's the cat's meow journalistically speaking.
But I meant no harm, and so aquí me disculpo
once and forever, and say to you, valuable lectores,
El Señor Tom and I do not inhabit the same body
or psyche. Occasionally when El Tom deigns to look my
way or speak to me directly, we share the same common
space, like when he says, "If you mean that this
woman looked like Minnie Mouse or that she sounded like
Olive Oyl, just say so!"
Ay, he's so stern, y si me preguntas la verdad,
un poco creido con su perfect elocution and his gigantic
quien lo entiende vocabulary. Ta bueno, Tom, nunca jamás
shall anyone confuse us again, for I am signing myself
the one and only Woncha Telmé Moore, sister of
my womb buddies, my quadruplet siblings, Cancha Telmé,
Doncha Telmé, and Dincha Telmé Moore.
Laugh all you want. Our Tío Whydja, of the San
Ygnacio Telmé Clan, will be over to knock your
block off, only he doesn't call it that -- something
about rayos.
And speaking of Rayos, how about that mundo of
trouble this fellow has found himself in? Oh, what a
tangled web we weave when at first we practice to deceive.
Ay, I hate it when the rich pipple fight just
before their guests arrive! This pair of cuetes doesn't
even put the parche on the pachanga by putting on a
happy face. I don't think seething is a welcoming attribute.
His ear hair appeared to be in a smolder at a recent
party for patriots.
She's got the jabbers real bad again. Is anyone going
to take the first step to get her some help, or are
her friends waiting for her to fall and hurt herself
or someone else really badly?
Choplifting! Are you crazy? A grand in your wallet and
you are slipping filetes under your jacket? The
checkout line too long for ya?
Lordy, lordy, honey, of course we can tell you had augmentation
here, implants there, tratamientos over yonder. I understand
you looked like a roadmap or a drawing of a side of
beef when they were deciding what to do where.
She gave him so many chances to fly right, but
the hombre just didn't want to be married to a good
woman. So there he is, dando la vuelta like some young
chavo. She, however, got it totally together, went back
to school to finish the undergrad, is in a master's
program, and is merrily on her way to becoming La Dra.
That oughta chafe Mr. Macho's chaps.
Where does she get that attitude of superiority?
Even her closest chums on the course have had quite
enough of her authority on any subject, something that
does not in the least diminish after the sun goes down
and the branch water sparkles over ice.
It's Daddy's Money, honey. We are not one bit
impressed over how you spend it or throw it about like
a party favor. Speaking of favors and parties, mi 'hito,
take a long vacation, something that washes away your
arrogance.
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