Tony opens the door and gets into the front seat. He looks out the window, sees Sal looking, smiles, pleased to be watched, his teeth white as new snow, and turns the key. The car erupts in flame. Sal sees Tony open the door and lurch screaming out into the street. He’s on fire, arms in front of him like a blind man. He takes two steps, then twirls, then falls. The irony is that Tony had always said he wanted to be cremated when his time came, and the joke (although no one repeats it to Sal) is that he sure as shit was. Anyway, they put what’s left of him in an urn and they have a mass and a
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