JIM INCH WAS A GEAT MIMIC. HE COULD FIND THE POETRY IN THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. WHEN JUST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, HE WORKED AT THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES MOTOR POOL. WHILE THERE , HE FOUND A BLACK POET TO MIMIC THE WORDS HE LOVED TO SPEAK WERE:::
"IM ACOOL TOOOL FROM THE MOTOR POOOL-
IGOT TWO--BYYS FOUR BYYS AND SIX BYYS AND
A BIG MUDDHAFUKKA WHOT GOES
PHOOT, PHOOT WHEN YOU PUSH ON THE BRAKE.
I only wish I could write it like he said it.
PHILIP CUSICK
I VISITED JIM INCH WHEN HE WAS LIVING IN GREENWICH VILLAGE IN 1968. AT THAT POINT IN HIS LIFE, HE WAS WORKING AS A PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ON A T.V. SERIES AND LOVED PLAYING THE ECCENTRIC. HE WALKED ABOUT THE VILLAGE WEARING A VAN DYKE BEARD AND A VICTORIAN CAPE. HIS WIFE (WHO HE FREELY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE MARRIED FOR HER INHERITANCE) WAS A PROFESSIONAL COMPLAINER. SHE SEARCHED FOR INJUSTICES PERPETRATED ON HER.
JUST BEFORE I ARRIVED, THEY HAD FOUND THE PERFECT BITCH.THEY HAD HAD A HORRIBLE FLIGHT AND A HORRIBLE MEAL ON A FLIGHT TO N.Y.C. SHE COMPLAINED TO THE C.E.O. OF THE AIRLINES AND HE WAS ACCOMODATING. HE SAID HE WOULD TREAT THEM TO A MEAL OF THEIR CHOICE AT A RESTAURANT OF THEIR CHOICE. THEY TOOK HIM UP ON IT. THEY WENT TO THE BEST RESTAURANT IN N.Y.C., ARRIVED WHEN IT OPENED, ORDERED EVERYTHING ON THE MENU AND LEFT WHEN IT CLOSED. THE BILL WAS $9000 WITH TIP. I DON'T THINK THE C.E.O. EVER MADE THAT OFFER AGAIN.
PHILIP CUSICK
