October 21, 2023


Outlook

Mountain born and bred they say. His home is, as it always has been, a cove in a narrow valley. A simple life for a simple man -- never wanting more, never needing more, never venturing beyond the tree lined rim.

The day finally came when he traveled beyond his valley to a bluff on the other side of the mountain. The vastness of land stretching out before him caused him to exclaim, “So that’s the world. God almighty ain’t she a whopper!”

        journey . . .
        the blurred distance
        becomes the past

Dan Hardison


(After the George W. Jones story “Uncle Billy”.)



Chrysanthemum
Issue 31, 2023