114
Four
Beers
A
Day
Quick
told
me
he
had
to
blow
town
and
asked
if
I’d
run
his
remodeling
crew
for
a
few
weeks,
I
agreed
He
had
three
semi-‐crazy
black
men
working
for
him,
they
worked
hard
in
the
dangerous
neighborhoods
of
north
side
Milwaukee
Paris
was
a
great
painter
and
drywall
man,
but
he
smoked
a
bit
of
weed
and
crack
and
liked
skeezer
dope
whores
Samson
was
super
strong,
he
did
most
of
the
heavy
lifting,
he
carried
steam
radiators
alone
up
and
down
stairs,
he
was
six
foot
eight
and
three
hundred
lbs.
Willie
was
Gene’s
brother,
he
was
virtually
useless,
Gene
had
fallen
on
his
head
off
a
ladder
and
scrambled
his
brains,
he
wore
adult
diapers
and
drank
four
beers
a
day
and
always
begged
for
more
Willie
would
go
buy
food
and
run
errands
and
do
a
lousy
job
of
sweeping,
Quick
said
he
was
on
the
payroll
to
help
Gene
I
found
some
aluminum
crack
pipes
and