Vinny's Valuables

Like The Heathers, Vinny and John live in Bayridge and have a lot of breakable chotchkies to clean around. Unlike the Heathers, Vinny and John are potheads who go out back to smoke while I clean which makes it tempting for me to be more careless. I knock over and break more little porcelain bunnies and crystal angels than I can count. I either place the broken piece back carefully or throw away the evidence. I feel really guilty because Vinny and John are my coolest customers by far. They smoke me up second handedly and they play classic rock for me while I clean, something my dad would be proud of. Ineed, it does remind me of the days I used to accompany him on his paint jobs sitting on a drop cloth with my own little paint brush, watching him and his buddies pass the joint, play the music and re-paint someone’s apartment, covering every last imperfection with a shiny white gloss or creating a dull beige molding. My dad was so careful, and me so reckless. I don’t just knock over all of their pointless decorations, I actually begin to destroy their house. It is so old that with every stroke of a broom, every wipe of a wall, something literally crumbles off and I have to wipe again and it will crumble… again. Oh Vinny and John, did you purchase the frame of your house at Ikea?