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A Few Southern Characters
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A Few Southern Characters |
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JLR Senior Member
since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785 |
A Few Southern Characters I grew up in the South what some people only read about I remember the anecdotes, the drama, the reality Julia took her lunch to one of the rooms she would later clean until my mother insisted she sit down with us only to have her shake so badly at our table that guilt replaced my mother’s graciousness at her kind ignorance Big Daddy was tall, a gentle man and so handsome even when he put on a suit jacket over his pajamas and went visiting around the neighborhood gossiping with the housewives while his was at work Maria’s fingers were blackened by tar of the cigarettes she chain-smoked we kids thought she was a prostitute the day she moved in but turned out she was only what our parents called ‘new money’ she told the best stories I would ever hear I was a child who didn’t understand much as it was going on still I took it all in maybe knowing someday I would need it to understand that who I’d become was a gift from the people in the South, in a time I’ve never had to read about |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
What a wonderful picture of your lovely memories and upbringing. It has a gentle feel to it with sense of tribute. |
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ATelamon Member
since 2001-02-06
Posts 328Purgatory, Last Staircase, Up |
Well you just Faulner out of print, hey try, BOY'S LIFE" And "GONE SOUTH" Now you maqy know all th characters, but then again someting new might surprise. Hey where have you been , ny the way, need I post a poem "oh where has little sister gone... Yuck that melody is not doing good things to me. He runs screaming into the mirror illuminated by the night... "The most redeeming facet of life is that we have the comfort of knowing it will end. Death doth love equally." |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
There was so much history, emotion and love in this piece and I LOVED it! Please visit me at my new homepage: |
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walker Member Elite
since 2001-02-11
Posts 2240Florida |
JLR- Great to read, thanks for sharing this scene about your life.I can pictture it clear.Well done. |
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PoeticKnight Senior Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 1144New Orleans, LA |
Being from the South, I know this somehow...sort of, in my own way. *S* |
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Just A Woman Senior Member
since 2001-03-10
Posts 507 |
A nice write, JLR.....Reminds me much of Anne Rivers Siddons books. 
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Tiersdin Member Elite
since 2000-11-17
Posts 2364east coast |
A most enjoyable read, JLR, very touching... ~Tier |
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ParisGrl Senior Member
since 2000-06-01
Posts 610 |
R.J. I loved this piece! Great Write. ttys ~me~ |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
excellent RJ. . . really loved the way that you described them for us. . . ------------------------------------------------------ To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
It's nice to meet your characters. Joyce |
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Songbird Member Elite
since 1999-12-15
Posts 2184Missouri |
Enjoyed your memories of the south..hope you will share some more with us.. I will be looking forward to it. |
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