December 2007 i went to kmart to have a interview. it was rather simple she asked me some questions then we sat and waited for a third party o join us. another person who applied as well. i sat in a smaller rooma nd began watching the safety and customer service when i teen about the same age as ma came in and asked where sue was (the women who gave me the interview) i told him she went up front and not long later she brought him back in and gave him the same papers as she gave me, and gave us our name tag mine of course said joushua and his said Edgar. we watched the rest of the videos and made fun of them at the same time.
he left home that day but i offered to push carts till 6 and i did. over the next month me and him work the same days the same hours and even the same section TOYS. christmas was coming around and toys were every where all the time so me and him spent our days cleaning up after lil kids and their parents. but we were inseprable. he got called to the front id follow and if i got called hed follow. we clean our favorite sections and we'd tell eachother our lives just for the kicks and were surprised by how much we had in common.
one day a women walked by and she saw a "Hannah Montana" blanket that was miss placed and she said "Ooooohhh shana monshana shes soo cuuuute" when i told him he couldnt stop laughing. he almost peed himself. we talk about girls and problems and funny moments and our experiences when it came to stuff like graffiti and grugs which i could say much for the drugs but to my great regret i still had some to say. everyday he'd come into toys and spot me and say "JJoooooosshuuuaaaa" in a high pitched voice and id reply "EEEddddggggaaarrrr" in the same voice.
his favorite story of mine was the one where i had to pretend to be gay for my gfs mom because we were damn sure she didnt like mexicans no matter how much of them was white as well. when i told him the story he almost fell down. we would go push carts together and smoke ciggerettes and make jokes.
he told me her could stay with his other job but he wouldnt leave me there alone. he was a friend...he was one of my best freidns. after chrsitmas i work in electronics and he stayed in toys. but a couple days later he cme in after about a week off work to buy some paint cans. i got the paint for him and then he gave me a homie hug and told me hed see me the next day... but he never came in.
i never saw edgar again but it wasnt long before i found out where he went. the last night i saw him he went tagging with his friends and was arrested. and after returning home he got back together with his girl friend..then hung himself.
he left home that day but i offered to push carts till 6 and i did. over the next month me and him work the same days the same hours and even the same section TOYS. christmas was coming around and toys were every where all the time so me and him spent our days cleaning up after lil kids and their parents. but we were inseprable. he got called to the front id follow and if i got called hed follow. we clean our favorite sections and we'd tell eachother our lives just for the kicks and were surprised by how much we had in common.
one day a women walked by and she saw a "Hannah Montana" blanket that was miss placed and she said "Ooooohhh shana monshana shes soo cuuuute" when i told him he couldnt stop laughing. he almost peed himself. we talk about girls and problems and funny moments and our experiences when it came to stuff like graffiti and grugs which i could say much for the drugs but to my great regret i still had some to say. everyday he'd come into toys and spot me and say "JJoooooosshuuuaaaa" in a high pitched voice and id reply "EEEddddggggaaarrrr" in the same voice.
his favorite story of mine was the one where i had to pretend to be gay for my gfs mom because we were damn sure she didnt like mexicans no matter how much of them was white as well. when i told him the story he almost fell down. we would go push carts together and smoke ciggerettes and make jokes.
he told me her could stay with his other job but he wouldnt leave me there alone. he was a friend...he was one of my best freidns. after chrsitmas i work in electronics and he stayed in toys. but a couple days later he cme in after about a week off work to buy some paint cans. i got the paint for him and then he gave me a homie hug and told me hed see me the next day... but he never came in.
i never saw edgar again but it wasnt long before i found out where he went. the last night i saw him he went tagging with his friends and was arrested. and after returning home he got back together with his girl friend..then hung himself.
i wouldnt accept it even after sue came to me a couple days later and brought me out side to tell me what had happened..it was true. but still i walked through the store thinking any minute he would pop up out of no where and say it was a lie or a joke. even when i went to the funeral. but when we got out of the car behind the hurse and was asked to help carry the casket and we lifted it i realized he was there lying next to me. the service was in spanish and i didnt unerstand but it didnt matter because i was there with him.i was half way there. i droped a blue rose on him and step back.
a lazy looking whith truck backed up with a trunk full of dirt and began to pour the dirt over edgar. i could feel the hope of his return fading like the light faded to him. a tear rolled down my cheek as a iwatch edgar my friend slip away beneath the dirt. my friend was gone for ever. id never see him again.
over the next few weeks there would be moments where i swear i saw him if only for a moment walking to the bath room or in toys, or hear him call me. but soon it faded away. but in a way i know hes always with. but no matter what ill always miss him.
Edgar A. Contreras
05/02/1988 - 01/11/2008
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