04-05-2024, 03:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-05-2024, 04:01 AM by TranquillityBase.)
my father
sold auto parts
and one summer
in Fredricksburg
I was his assistant
as we inventoried
mufflers
timing belts
water pumps
thermostats
hoses
exhaust manifolds…
he was teaching me
what it was like to work.
on another trip
by bus this time to Eagle Pass
to meet him
my seat partner
wore a serape and carried a guitar,
was headed for California
this was the mid 60s.
I knew at ten
he was headed for
for something holier than work.
sold auto parts
and one summer
in Fredricksburg
I was his assistant
as we inventoried
mufflers
timing belts
water pumps
thermostats
hoses
exhaust manifolds…
he was teaching me
what it was like to work.
on another trip
by bus this time to Eagle Pass
to meet him
my seat partner
wore a serape and carried a guitar,
was headed for California
this was the mid 60s.
I knew at ten
he was headed for
for something holier than work.