Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales

by Stephen King

“Poopie doopie you so loopy (PAPILLION NEB).” Alfie was crazy about that one. Something about the “-ie, -ie,” and then, boom, you got “-y.” It could have been no more than an illiterate’s mistake (he was sure that would have been Maura’s take on it) but why think like that? What fun was that? No, Alfie preferred (even now) to believe that “-ie, -ie,” . . . wait for it . . . “-y” was an intended construction. Something sneaky but playful, with the feel of an e. e. cummings poem.