18.8.22

diggin to China


he stoodup went to the studio door lookedright up the hallway to the laundry room at the left impeccable timing bomber appeared in the doorway 
                            So did you find a Chinaman
when bomber used the catbox he spent threefour minutes burying whatever it was he left sounded like he was digging to China

his Grandmother convinced him he could 
                                           she handed him a spade and told him to go out by the fence by the alley and dig to China  if he was real fortunate along the way he might unearth dinosaur bone or two
                                                                                                REALLY 
Yes, really Joseph.

Ohboy 
        the shovel was as big as he was  he had to go down the steps to the backyard carefully so he didnt trip on it  he dragged it to the fence then turned aroundlooked back at his grandmother 
                                                                                  Here
she waved sidehand waving him to her right

he dragged it fourfive feet  Here

she waved him a little further along  into the shade of the walnut tree beside the one car garage they didnt have a car

he dragged it another threefour feet  Here

shed flash him an okay with her hand   

he went at it



bomber reminded him of her words

he couldnt count how many holes he dug that summer

digging all afternoon his mother would come out and tell to him to put the dirt back  We don’t want anyone falling into the hole and hurting themselves.

No Momma

Hurry up now, we’ll be eating dinner soon and you still have to wash up. I left a towel beside the water spigot, fresh clothes, hurry Joe. his mother called him Joe his grandmother Joseph

Yes Momma

 

never did dig to China find a Chinaman or a dinosaur bone

1055,  Thursday,  18  8. 22
1130, Thursday,  18  8. 22
Gillian Welch  If I Ain’t Going to Heaven  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR-dUNg1FGg 
There’s a First Time for Everything  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIX_umnUXV8 

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