BOONE'S FARM by Robert Vaughan

2/6/2011

There’s no wind, and the sun is just pressing, flittering through the clouds, screaming down the courtyard. Lawnmower man returns, as he often does. He wants to block our vocal abilities, wants to drown our conflicts and squelch surprise endings.

Wants to mow the very same section as yesterday, repeating, like a drone, an ant.
We watch as he mows, a slow-motion target on an artillery range. Mows the hot shame from our loins. Watch as he gets smashed on Boone’s Farm, rams the building, falls to his right side. LS

8 Comments

Theo

2/6/2011 02:18:58 am

You are on such a roll, Robert. And so well-deserved. What a great literary site this is. Congratulations to you and to LITSNACK.

Tom

2/6/2011 03:49:41 am

Memories of Boone's Farm binges came back from this story. Well done.

Cynthia

2/6/2011 10:35:42 pm

I like how spare the narrative is here and the sadness just below the surface is amazing.

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2/7/2011 12:46:09 pm

Got a little chill reading the first paragraph. Feels to me so much more is contained in this piece. Very well done.

Dez

2/10/2011 05:24:30 am

Thanks for tweeting this story. Very eerie subtext, well done.

susan tepper link

2/13/2011 04:26:12 am

this slice of lawn/life is real and poetic and disturbing.
"mows the hot shame from our loins" connects this tiny story to the day's heat so well..
like this a lot! so much in so little.

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