I am too still 'processing' it-I love Reed and his swash-buckling style, and this was amongst his first pieces. I read it first 8 years ago, and didn't understand it completely. I'm now rereading it and attempting to pierce its sweet insides...
"...The rooster had gotten horse in his old age, and sometimes his crow was nothing more than a whisper... but atleast that muthafucka tried!" -Walter Mosely, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned