Monday, February 24, 2014

In Between the Lines


The thing is, all memory is fiction. You have to remember that.   











And, then, he went to his gun rack and took one of them down- it was a good day for hunting, he said.
As he sat there yelling at Mother Ogre to make him something else to eat, and barking at one girlee or another to get him this or get him that, our poor old dog,  Poser, walked by, and out of pure meanest, Ferrell Johnson,  kicked that unfortunate dog right in the side of his stomach. 

Poser howled and this girlee snapped.

The Ogre was sitting, cleaning his gun on the old grey davenport, and laughed at the pain of ole Poser.  And as he did, I walked into the kitchen – the domain of the Mother Ogre.  She was busy stirring up another batch of eggs to placate the Ogre. 

Quickly, I moved toward the knife center, where an assortment of knives lay in slits built for size.  I drew out the largest one I could lay my hands on- and moved towards the old grey davenport, knowing no one could see me.  Knowing that no one was looking anyway.







Something, finally, that was wholly and mysteriously wonderful.

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