County Road Reminders

County Road Reminders

by Hunter Klickman

My neighbor to the left lost his leg in ’99. Early retirement from the railroad Introduced him to Jim Beam. One house to the North I thought there lived a witch. She died in the house With not a family member to care. To her left is the house where my friend got ran over by the mower. I don’t know how it happened yet I still think about that scar. Head North one more house is where I found my childhood best friend. We still talk to this day, and he’s the one I still have left. To his right is where my family farm resided for over 100 years. The barns still remain but another man farms the fields. North of there you’ll find the place of my very first babysitter. He was in the Navy and taught me what Star Wars was. Later on I was one of few to attend his funeral when he died an alcoholic. To his right I first learned about cancer when they lost their only son. I think about that everyday And how I never saw them again at church.