Redundancy
By Lowell Hutslar
August 14, 2008
Her ball circled the hole one time and a half.
Dana looked at me and started to laugh.
"It stopped on the edge," I said, "then just sat.
I've never seen a golf ball do that!"
If looks could kill I'd now be deleted.
Don't know what I was thinking when I repeated,
"I've never seen a golf ball do that."
She was really not in the mood to chat.
"Sorry," I squirmed like a scrawny trapped rat,
"I've never seen a golf ball do that.
I did not mean to be condescending."
"I'm not angry," she said, "I was merely pretending."
"I've never seen a golf ball do that,"
I slyly exclaimed as I straightened my hat.
Dana said as she plucked her ball from the cup,
"Lowell, why don't you just shut the Hell up!"
About the author:
Now, at the ripe young age of fifty years and counting and on the heels of my first self-published book, The Golf Course of Madison County, I have decided to venture into the world of amateur poetry to fill the voids between countless rounds of weekly golf and my new tanning bed...or should I say "motorcycle." Not to worry, face and arms are all that is exposed and therefore leathered. Public nudity is much frowned upon in rural Indiana, unless of course, a corn snake finds its way up your trouser leg!
Sponsor
Sponsor
An Interview with Heather Masse
In a 2009 interview, Heather Masse tells us about her earliest influences, auditioning in a women's bathroom, and a few memorable moments from A Prairie Home Companion.
Old Sweet Songs: A Prairie Home Companion 1974-1976
Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).
