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Jed

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Jed's the redneck in me
the kid who remembers
the smell of pipe tobacco
pork rinds and
cheap beer
[Naragansett, the cans
with the gold prism thingies]
he learned not to
sneak snips with a
mouthful of cigarette ash

driving with Dad
and Fred and little
freddy to the packy
in big GMC trucks with CBs
laying back in the cap
looking up at that
big whip antenna smacking
phone lines
at treetops whizzing by
at streetlights floating
thinking of war of the worlds
and how it scared him
but he kinda liked it

those beer runs took forever
two men talking bass
and two boys talking BMXs
and it seemed the BeeGees
were always on the radio

the music was
rounder back then
less edge, it had
a lulling in it somewhere
where everything was groovy
where something
like a streetlight
reflected in dad's eyes
was drifting silently

ma never liked Fred
said he was a
bad influence
and dad always got drunk
when those two got together

something was missing
in her phone calls
and bible bouts
when dad got home
with no lull from the radio
Jed learned to hide with sis
when they had a mouthful
of nothing to say

Jed's the redneck in me
the kid that remembers
the groovy silences that scared him
[composed September 30, 1997]










and, btw, although i subscribe to no religion in particular, i was raised a Roman Catholic. for Confirmation i chose the name Jedediah because of his significance to me, much to the amusement of the entire congregation..
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kazamo's avatar
Loved reading this. It's quite vivid.