Hard Light by Michael Crummey

Author:Michael Crummey [Crummey, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781771313872
Publisher: Brick Books
Published: 2015-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

YOUR SOUL, YOUR SOUL, YOUR SOUL

Uncle Lewis Crummey was the shortest man in Western Bay, five foot nothing and every inch of that was temper, we had a great bit of fun with him when we were youngsters.

After every snowfall we’d shovel a path from his house down to the brook so he could carry up his water, but we were careful not to make it wide enough for the buckets. Uncle Lew too short to hold the water above the snow, he’d get halfway home when his arms would start dragging with the weight, the buckets banging the snowbanks on both sides of the path, slopping water, and he’d find himself standing in front of his door with empty containers. He’d have to turn around and make the trip over again, always with the same result.

We’d be watching from behind the woodpile to see him throw the buckets down and let fly with the cursing. God damn every long-legged man up in the Burnt Woods Cemetery, he’d say. Aunt Sally would turn her eyes to the heavens if she was around to hear him, Lewis, your soul, your soul, your soul, she’d say. And the more she said it, the more Uncle Lew would swear. We’d let him make the trip to the brook five or six times before we came out from behind the shed or the woodpile and offered to get the water for him, as if we were just passing by and wanting to help out.

A damn sin what we did, the poor man dead and buried in the Burnt Woods for years now. Six feet of dirt for you up there, no matter what height you are alive and standing.

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