The Same Terrible Storm by Sheldon Lee Compton

Author:Sheldon Lee Compton [Compton, Sheldon Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shivelight Books
Published: 2017-04-13T20:00:00+00:00

Alzheimer’s.Or Old Timer’s, as the old timers called it. Early onset, in his granddaddy’s case, but getting worse. And fast.

On the roof the next morning, Hank worked and thought of what it must feel like to lose memories. He imagined it would be better in some ways. But with his granddaddy, it only seemed to be recent memories that were gone. He remembered everything about his distant past, his days welding to build tipples or fixing machinery on contract at this mine or that mine. It was the daily things that were slipping. Mentioning Murphy’s offer was a daily thing, and Hank wondered how it would be handled. He decided to mention Murphy’s proposal as they loaded into the Datsun, eating their hotdogs as they went.

“Why would I want to do that? No sale,” Burl said, and pointed to a drop of chili on the seat between Hank’s knees. “Looks like that hotdog run straight through you.”

Hank wiped away the chili with the back of his sleeve. “That’s a good amount of money for a building that’s in bad shape,” he said. “You’ll spend more fixing it than Murphy’s offering to give.”

“I welded the gas line all across this ridge, all the way into Fischer County,” was the only response. “I even stayed in Fischer County, a town called Viper, through the week for more than a month. Came home on the weekends.”

The moment had passed. Until they arrived back at the building, the present moment was for his granddaddy what Hank imagined must have been a light sandstorm across a memorized landscape, like a room stirred in dust. A kaleidoscope where objects once sacred were left behind to be fought over by vermin.

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