To Come And Go Like Magic (2010)
“Today he wants to use the bluish green ones only. No reds or orange or yellow. No solid colors. He’s going after sunfish, he says, and they like the blue-greens.
“How do you know what they like?” I ask.
“You have to learn to think like a fish,” he says.
He’s brought two tackle boxes to the table and each one has a whole bunch of little compartments full of plastic lures and rubber worms. Some of the lures look like tiny fish with feathery tails and fins. The worms have segments on their bodies ...like real worms, except they’re purple and pink and every other weird color you can imagine for a worm. I’m careful not to hook my fingers as I separate the blue-green lures and worms and line them up on the table.
The house is quiet. Everyone gone. I remember the May Day parade, the mayor riding with those strange men, and Uncle Lu and his friends getting angry over that coal-company car being in the parade.
“What’s strip-mining, Uncle Lu?”
“Scalping,” he says, looking at me from across the table, his glasses sitting lopsided on his nose.MoreLess
“How do you know what they like?” I ask.
“You have to learn to think like a fish,” he says.
He’s brought two tackle boxes to the table and each one has a whole bunch of little compartments full of plastic lures and rubber worms. Some of the lures look like tiny fish with feathery tails and fins. The worms have segments on their bodies ...like real worms, except they’re purple and pink and every other weird color you can imagine for a worm. I’m careful not to hook my fingers as I separate the blue-green lures and worms and line them up on the table.
The house is quiet. Everyone gone. I remember the May Day parade, the mayor riding with those strange men, and Uncle Lu and his friends getting angry over that coal-company car being in the parade.
“What’s strip-mining, Uncle Lu?”
“Scalping,” he says, looking at me from across the table, his glasses sitting lopsided on his nose.MoreLess
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