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
