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Elvis Aaron Presley Born: January 8, 1935 - Died: August 16, 1977

Mike had not spoken to most of siblings for several years when he died. When he was nearly dead, he told his sons-in-law, Nick and Eddie, to stand guard outside the funeral home where the viewing was held to keep any of his despised family from attempting to attend. And he told his one brother who he was talking to, Frankie, not to tell any of the rest of the brothers and one sister that he was dead. Mike’s viewing and funeral went off without a hitch; no unwanted relations arrived. Ten days later, Frankie was walking around the neighborhood, and he bumped into his and Mike’s oldest brother, Joe. They talked for a while, and Joe got around to asking Frankie whether he had seen Mike lately. “Yeah,” Frankie said. “I saw him about ten days ago.” He neglected to mention Mike was in a coffin that day.

About the Author
Marco Kaufman has published in several different fields, including literary criticism, medical writing, and Holocaust historicism and currently writes on The Big Book of Grievances, his weblog of short fiction, flash fiction, and works in progress.

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