Sometimes

By D. D. Riessen

Memories of the past. This piece is divided into three parts: Early Times - a look at life in the Fifties. Middle Times - Life in the Sixties and Seventies. Sometimes - whatever happened after that. I'll be adding to the last one from time to time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: D. D. Riessen
• Release date: Nov 9, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301271030

D. D. Riessen

Dave's work revels with the fanciful, ponders the inscrutable and enigmatic, and examines the human character.

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Early Times

She is my Alarm Clock

Always the first one up.

I can hear her through the vent

between the kitchen ceiling and my bedroom floor,

filling the pot with water,

shuffling across the room in her slippers,

carrying a can of Folgers,

three scoops, tap, tap and

a metallic clink of the lid on top.

Standing next to the stove in her bathrobe,

waiting for the perks bubbling up through the glass

to become dark enough,

she warms her hands in the heat

before reaching for the jar of bacon grease

and spreading a spoonful over a slice of white bread.

Breakfast.

I’d been offered that, but preferred my Wheaties,

Breakfast of Champions

or Cheerios,

with Go-Power.

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Opening the Trunk

He pulls out two bags of golf clubs,

the full-size set for himself

and the child’s set, for me.

While showing me how to hold the grip

and how to swing,

I discover that my clubs

are pointing in the wrong direction,