After the Gold Rush by John Stuart Clark

Author:John Stuart Clark
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781907869600
Publisher: Five Leaves
Published: 2012-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

I asked another who was white and mowing his lawn. He pointed the way, recommended I watch my “ass” and told me the town used to be a nice place, before the Californians moved in. “These days, you gotta be some kinda dumb fuck not to lock your dog in if you don’t want it ending up in a damn tortilla, y’know?”

Through an intercom secured behind steel bars, a cop told me I could camp at Plum Creek Park. He then laughed. As I neared the park, the sound of people at play swelled to fill the empty approach road. The park was buzzing with families playing volley ball, picnicking, playing soccer, courting, and fooling with kids. It was the first town park I had visited which was packed, and it made me nervous. Everybody was Mexican. Since St. Louis I had heard nothing but bad things about Mexican-Americans, no doubt prejudiced things. When a football ran loose, I dropped my rig and dribbled the ball back to the game, impressed that I managed to beat two tackles before a third youth whipped the ball from under me.

“Not bad,” the youth said, surprised a gringo could play.

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