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Throw Back Thursday (Feel Free to Digress)
Sometimes our thoughts meander…
And sometimes a character doesn’t reveal a fact about their past that is somehow pertinent to their future.
In such cases feel free to digress.
Try to deviate without losing/confusing the reader, e.g. dedicate a chapter to expose what they were trying to hide, like that hideous hat I was so fond of. 😉
Write on!!
Is this what you meant…
…when you said “grow a pair”?
Does my humor squash you?
A Poem & A Picture (Hungry Eyes)
I said I would try to focus on unknown poets this year, and I will, after this digression.
Merle Haggard passed away yesterday, he was known as “the poet of the common man” but we called him the poor man’s poet. It’s no secret that I grew up poor, and now the fact that I thought the name of this song was My Mama’s Hungry Eyes, is no longer a secret. These lyrics always made me think of my own mother. They make me think of her now, no longer with hungry eyes… her and daddy, no longer struggling.
Rest in Peace & Happy Birthday Merle. Say Hi to Mama & Daddy for me.
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 06, 1937 – April 06, 2016)
Hungry Eyes by Merle Haggard
A canvas-covered cabin in a crowded labor camp
Stand out in this memory I revived
‘Cause my daddy raised a family there, with two hard-working hands
And tried to feed my mama’s hungry eyes
He dreamed of something better, and my mama’s faith was strong
And us kids were just too young to realize
That another class of people put us somewhere just below
One more reason for my mama’s hungry eyes
Mama never had the luxuries she wanted
But it wasn’t ’cause my daddy didn’t try
She only wanted things she really needed
One more reason for my mama’s hungry eyes
I remember daddy praying for a better way of life
But I don’t recall a change of any size
Just a little loss of courage, as their age began to show
And more sadness in my mama’s hungry eyes
Mama never had the luxuries she wanted
But it wasn’t ’cause my daddy didn’t try
She only wanted things she really needed
One more reason for my mama’s hungry eyes
Oh, I still recall my mama’s hungry eyes