The Rich Man's Table by Scott Spencer

Author:Scott Spencer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2010-08-06T04:00:00+00:00

The old man cracked a river

In the middle of my head

I was the reddest man alive

Now that Stalin is dead…

—“Over the Bridge,”

recorded 1989

Luke grabbed for Grandpa’s legs, missed, and then slumped onto the floor. There was knocking at the door. Grandpa stood there, paralyzed with confusion. Who could be calling at this hour? The police? Was Luke so wired into the police that they knew he was in trouble? The knocking continued. Grandpa looked down at Luke. Luke was getting up again, or trying to. He was on his knees, his head hung down and his tongue lolled out, as if he were playing at being a dog.

Finally, Carmine just let himself in. He saw Luke, ran to him. He lifted Luke easily. He held Luke in his arms, at the shoulders and the backs of his knees. It was how an unconscious damsel in distress would be carried out of an evil castle.

“He’ll be all right,” Grandpa said.

“I got nothing to say to you,” Carmine said.

“I’m a doctor. I can look him over. Put him on the sofa.”

“Nothing to say,” Carmine repeated.

The next day, in bed, aching, Luke wrote “Land of the Dead,” one of his most successful songs since the fertile days of the mid-sixties.

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