RESERVATION
TRACT HOUSE
Larry Blazek
You stop by the tract house where your friend lives. She is glad to see you.
The lawnmower sits by the side of the house where it stopped running. You tinker with it until it runs again. She climbs on it and starts to mow.
You gather some old car parts and rocks that would hurt the mower and set them next to the back of the house.
Her old black Ford also does not run. It sits under the car port in front of the house. You also tinker with that. When you get it to run she speeds off nearly hitting a post of the car port.
She returns with groceries.
She gives you the grand tour of the modest house.
She shows you her trophy case which is a set of pine shelves that contain some faded ribbons and some porcelain knickknacks.
Bio
Larry Blazek lives on a small farm. He tinkers with mechanical devices, plays guitar, and gardens. Somewhere out there is an underground CD of some of his songs. Iron City, Poetry South, Westerly, Channel Magazine, and The Ugly Duckling Press are some of the more recent titles that have accepted his work.