COUSINS PRIMER
BY
ROBIN CLOWARD
(TORRANCE, SPRING 1992)

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These are cousins.
They are nice.
Nice, nice, nice.
They are young.
They are smart.
They are single.
It doesn't get any better than this.

                                                                                This is Lee.
                                                                                He works for the government.
                                                                                It's a secret.
                                                                                Shhh, shhh, shhh.
                                                                                Only Mrs. King knows
                                                                                And she wouldn't tell anybody
                                                                                On purpose.

This is Murphy.
He's a private eye.
He lurks for a living.
Lurk, lurk, lurk.
He's in love with Laura, his boss
Who's in love with Remington Steele
A man she made up.
Maybe Murphy should have stayed
around the office more.

                                                                                This is Andy. He programs records for a radio station.
                                                                                He wears tight jeans.
                                                                                Tight, tight, tight.
                                                                                He runs around a lot.
                                                                                But he doesn't bend over
                                                                                Ever.

This is Skip.
He used to be an astronaut.
Now he's into recycling.
Recycle, recycle, recycle.
He recycles everything.
Metal, plastic, paper, glass
Spaceships.

                                                                                See the cousins get together for a reunion.
                                                                                There are uncles.
                                                                                There are aunts.
                                                                                There are bad guys.
                                                                                There are plot complications.
                                                                                Good, good, good.
                                                                                The story would be awfully short without them.

This is Allie.
He is on television.
Look, look, look.
He can't sing.
He can't dance.
He can't act his way out of a paper sack.
But who cares?
He looks good.

                                                                                This is Robert McCall.
                                                                                He doesn't take anything from anybody.
                                                                                No, no, no.
                                                                                He helps widows.
                                                                                He helps orphans.
                                                                                He has a big gun.
                                                                                Go ahead.
                                                                                Make his day.

This is Scott McCall.
He is the Equalizer's son.
Bang, bang, bang.
But when he carries a violin case
It really carries a violin.
Must take after his mother's side of the family.