A Hick named ' A '

The times are a'changing ...

From time to time I get into a curious withdrawal from everything. Something in the environment or my social relations that sets it off … it takes a day or two but on these occasions someone I used to identify as the representation of God drops by and keeps me company. Its the Saracen kid … and I get to meet him only on these shadowy moments.

It was a time long ago when he was managing the sense of self … which has come into a common application these days. He apparently managed it as a representation of the will of God. He persuades me that I have always relied on his previous management of the self in relation to what I do today in relating to the world … and making adjustments for what is new in these times. That's when he introduced me to ' A.'

' A ' was a American living in the Appalachias … somewhere … married to the daughter of a farmer. She had grown up as the eldest child in the family with a younger brother and sister. ' A's ' family had run the local still brewing moonshine … but law enforcement had grown more effective and they couldn't manage it anymore. So he got a job at the mechanic and that's when he met his future wife. She had brought the pick-up in for service and something about ' A ' subtle demeanor had caught her attention and became enamored of him.

After what seemed like forever she finally got ' A ' to ask her father for her hand to which the father agreed. Her father also gave them a plot to build a home and do their own farming. It was a warm family environment and ' A ' came to realize after a while that his wife ran the entire household and relied on the brother … who was married to an older woman and living in town … for the strength of a social fellowship among the family. He was there at Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, deaths in the neighborhoods and so forth.

There was apparently some estrangement between father and son … nobody spoke of it but ' A ' managed to fill the gap in connection with the father. The second daughter married and moved on about a mile down the road and was into herbal remedies and talisman. ' A ' had found her quite coherent on issues but seemed to be headed for lost causes instead of directing her attention to opportunities at this time. The mother kept pretty much to herself and would cook up the most mouth-watering dishes in her kitchen. She was close to the second daughter.

In my present life as an Indic I seemed to identify with ' A.' I understood him. His wife was a beautiful lady and he was in love with her. She was full of energy, got along with everyone in the area and will help out with the charities. There were many who looked to her as the belle of the county and a person they could count on for a sympathetic ear. At home she managed father expertly on the issues and the Saracen hinted at the fact that he knew of her from the old days … and implied that there was a purpose to her marriage to ' A' that was relevant to me in my life today.

Curiously as I relate to the ' A ' position I find that it matches with the social glitch that set me off today … and explains why they've got me here in the mists of the Appalachias wondering if there is a responsibility I have not fully completed. I wish I knew what it was. Its possible its got to do with something in the way the Saracen kid was managing his companionship and brought to pass something that had offended someone … still in the stew about something.

As I create some awareness about it … the pale pall of withdrawal passes … and I snap back to my writing interests about the issues we face today. No doubt there are wheels within wheels and much that slithers on the grapevine … and a person can apply himself as well as he does … but others on the slopes of Appalachia, the sand dunes of the Saracen or the speaking styles of the Indic … that must move in tandem to make this coherent for us to respond to. Its an incredible reach of the hand across time and space … to make our lives more meaningful in these times … in the way and form … that we are learning to do so.

 

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[Tania]

interesting ! I love it and the message behind it