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Chinatown Mud

Chinatown Mud Chinatown Mud Gregory rossi fiction now fell on New Year's this year, in Chinatown, where it matters. It snowed all over Chicago, but in early February it was only New Year's in Chinatown. And when the next thaw happened in March, it left gobs of soggy firecracker wrappings all over the streets and sidewalks--spitballs forming a wet cushion of Chinatown mud. I bet some Chinese guy was happy with the New Year's snow, saw it as a sign of luck. They always see something as either a sign of luck or a curse. I know about Chinatown mud because my ma uses the post office on Wentworth instead of the one over by the Stock Yards. We're from Bridgeport. You have to tell people Fa l l 2 0 0 6 / T h e M i s s o u r i r e v i e w 3 1 that as soon as possible, Chicago's just that way. Anyway, my ma doesn't drive, so every Tuesday I take a couple hours away from my house-painting business and take her over to Chinatown because she's always mailing a package or needing to buy a book of stamps http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Missouri Review University of Missouri

Chinatown Mud

Rossi, Gregory.
The Missouri Review , Volume 29 (3) – Jan 8, 2006
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Chinatown Mud Gregory rossi fiction now fell on New Year's this year, in Chinatown, where it matters. It snowed all over Chicago, but in early February it was only New Year's in Chinatown. And when the next thaw happened in March, it left gobs of soggy firecracker wrappings all over the streets and sidewalks--spitballs forming a wet cushion of Chinatown mud. I bet some Chinese guy was happy with the New Year's snow, saw it as a sign of luck. They always see something as either a sign of luck or a curse. I know about Chinatown mud because my ma uses the post office on Wentworth instead of the one over by the Stock Yards. We're from Bridgeport. You have to tell people Fa l l 2 0 0 6 / T h e M i s s o u r i r e v i e w 3 1 that as soon as possible, Chicago's just that way. Anyway, my ma doesn't drive, so every Tuesday I take a couple hours away from my house-painting business and take her over to Chinatown because she's always mailing a package or needing to buy a book of stamps

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Published: Jan 8, 2006

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