![]() TAKE A WHIFFA Poem by VolThere ain’t no difference between me now and way back, sixty years ago; I’ve always wanted to know it all, taste everything, see the world, meet people, and turn over rocks. Love has been deep and wide, my spirit lives with God out to the furthest edge; pain is my tutor and curiosity my constant companion. What can I do but take time to ponder all manner of foolishness?
I remember in Appalachia, when more people had outhouses than indoor plumbing, complete with cobwebs, dead leaves and dust blown through the crescent moon. You’d have to choose between torn pages from the Sears and Roebuck catalog that hung on a wire coat hanger, or the bucket of corncobs for toilet paper.
I learned another valuable lesson about human nature n those dark closets. It was obviously dangerous, a three year old can fall right through the hole in that smelly bench, so going out there was a scary proposition. I was too young to know the differences between folks, some being lazy and some enterprising.
One might dig a six foot pit and built over that; the other just put his on top of the ground. Once inside, I’d always look down to see how far I might fall. Sometimes I couldn’t even see the bottom, but when the ground was right there, I just figured that one was full, so if I slipped, no one would even want to look for me in there. And there were the all those stories of spiders and snakes.
I want to build one in my own back yard where the rock is six inches down, but does Sears still print catalogs? I mean, corn cobs work, but, dang… I’ll go out there to get away, post what I was thinking, what I was doing, and wonder if they would understand while I consider all those mysteries that rush into focus every time I think I’ve got a grasp. © 2024 VolFeatured Review
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3 Reviews Added on July 17, 2024 Last Updated on July 17, 2024 Author![]() VolGouge Eye, TXAboutMy name is Vol Lindsey. I live in Gouge Eye, Texas, a tiny ghost town on Rt. 66. I am a retired creative writing, English literature teacher. I have been writing poetry and reading publicly since 196.. more..Writing
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