I'll hold the window in place you ***** it to the wall my father said
he had the seriousness of a professional his dark hair and eyes firm rock like
I took a ***** and proceeded to ***** the window frame to the wall
my father was engaged in the work
I was thinking of Marion the blonde who sang with a band sometimes who I met some nights over a drink
and she talked about music and how she had a good relationship with her father and how she'd say Daddy can I go out dancing? and he'd say yes my crazy daughter and she laughed
I sat there just listening seeing her blue eyes shine and her body pause with life
and I asked what about me and you and bed?
you mean ***? she said
well yes I said
O my I can't sleep with anyone not until I marry them she said that's like opening a Christmas present before Christmas can't be done
so I put that idea away and we just talked and drank and she sang a few of the songs she sang with the band doing that wiggly dance she did
her blonde hair sprayed like a huge bouquet of flowers
is it firmly in? my father asked you need a good ***** to hold it in place
yes that's what I was thinking I said pushing the thought of Marion out of my 17 year old head.
A YOUNG MAN AND HIS FATHER AND THE THOUGHT OF A YOUNG SINGER IN 1965