Old Powder Man
“Son went with Winston who was anxious to get to Delton and in no shape to drive; soon after leaving at daylight, he fell asleep. On either side the narrow Mississippi highway was lush with greenery and the various calls of birds. Son stuck his foot to the gas pedal thinking how long he had been travelling these roads, how much longer he would have to, and shot the car forward as if to gobble up the road were to gobble up years, plunge himself ahead in time to when he would not have to get up in... the morning unless he wanted.
Only having Winston changed this spring morning from the many so sweetly come to Mississippi into which he had started out, from the hundreds into which he would. Early, mist lifted unnoticeably and the day was beautiful, startling and gentle; the pavement, everything smelled as if it had been washed. Past Negroes on their way to fields they sped and past the cabins they had left, where pot-bellied babies played wearing only little shirts that failed to cover them. Smoke from fires inside cabins and out in yards drifted toward a sky only slightly more blue.MoreLess
Only having Winston changed this spring morning from the many so sweetly come to Mississippi into which he had started out, from the hundreds into which he would. Early, mist lifted unnoticeably and the day was beautiful, startling and gentle; the pavement, everything smelled as if it had been washed. Past Negroes on their way to fields they sped and past the cabins they had left, where pot-bellied babies played wearing only little shirts that failed to cover them. Smoke from fires inside cabins and out in yards drifted toward a sky only slightly more blue.MoreLess
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