Virgie was at the annual town rummage sale, looking for clothes for Bill when she struck up a conversation with a tall black haired woman with fierce eyes and strong shoulders. The woman lifted a 75 lb table with the ease of a man and the smiling grace of a mother and said, “this isn’t…
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#25 The Confessor of Littlefield: Passing Hands
Passing Hands Hiram Hapflik was a stocky 5’8” and 180 lbs,, with his dark ginger hair cropped short in a crew cut. Summer or Winter, he wore the same blue long sleeve work shirts and blue jeans; shirt sleeves folded to the elbows, and the pants, which he would buy extra long, given a two…
#24 The Confessor of Littlefield: The One’s Who Taught You Everything
Although, this sequence is more about the early history of Rupert Dinklpfus, The One Who Taught You Everything is a line that stuck in my head from a few lines of poetry I had written about Clara and Virgie. From a wider perspective, that line points to the influences of Rupert, Virgie, and Clara, and…
#23 The Confessor of Littlefield: A Communist’s Child, 1941 – 1961
By 1949, Rupert had saved enough money to open a new car dealership two hundred miles away, on the east side of the state. Bill was glad his dad was gone. He would never see him, or hear from him again. Bill was a pretender son to Rupert, given to him by Virgie in order…
#22 The Confessor of Littlefield: the Nature of the Nest
Bill realized he was dismissive as a social creature, and that his appearance affected others: the dirty clothes and curled lip. But it still bothered him that his limp pissed some people off. Once in a while he noticed the curled lip in a mirror and would try to tame it in an effort to…
#18 The Confessor of Littlefield: 1950’s – John Boy
This installment introduces the writings of Bill Dinklpfuss. Adam, the storyteller, has arranged these sequences as he becomes more immersed in the telling of the story. The author bleeds into his characters, just as a part of me bleeds through, but this installment and #19 are the bridge writings that introduce the background of the…
Back Row Hooligan
A blog fiction writer, by the time he is middle aged, comes to find the importance of community. Writers are satellites when they are young. Some are angry and use that energy to fuel their creativity, or their lack of it. The one to himself, postulating, summarizing, mistaking his vitriol for identity, laughs at the…
American Success Story Ch. 7, Love Me Strong
This is the second song, or act of scene 3. It presents a sentimental remembrance of the woman who was the mother of Pete’s daughter. Love Me Strong All the spirit in my eyes walked away with you despite misgiven memories misspent still I need you as when we first met She said Love me…
Daddy Let’s Play – American Success Story Ch. 6
American Success Story is a short book of poetry that is told in song. The book has eleven chapters, and is set in four scenes. The two acts in the first scene introduce Pete Chandala, a factory worker in his mid fifties. The three acts in Scene two tell us about his childhood. Scene three…
The Soul In Need and the Giver A Proesy RJHoffman I wouldn’t want to take anything that makes you happy and it’s hard to give anything that makes me sad. You chip away at my heart your will to power through pity you lay shame and blame on the voice I’ve had Again, you say…
