my daddy was throwing rocks at his car and breaking his windows , granma lucy mae and granma betty lou were sitting on the sofa on the staring out my folks big ol picture window at the show , eating their caramel corn , granpa was stuffing his face with niggertoes ( alright i said it , im bad , ill just go to the place where bad people go ) , and mama was screaming at the door that somebody spilled her liquor , and uncle willie , with this gleeful look on his face , was blowing away at his bagpipes like he piping the boys up the hill for one last shot at those english sons-of-bitches , and all the time im screaming at poor abe , get outta here .