On June thirteenth in 1951,<\/p>\n
Daddy bought his first car<\/p>\n
I recall he took us with him<\/p>\n
to the dealership at DeLabar Chevrolet<\/p>\n
a four-door sedan, dark green<\/p>\n
Mom and Dad sat in the front<\/p>\n
Carol, Vivian and I sat in the back,<\/p>\n
always arguing about who<\/p>\n
would sit in the middle<\/p>\n
every time we drove somewhere we<\/p>\n
were annoyed by one sister<\/p>\n
touching another, rude to the other.<\/p>\n
In the front Daddy would be disagreeable<\/p>\n
annoyed by something Mom had done<\/p>\n
or said or because we argued in the back.<\/p>\n
he would be cross, yell, swear at another car<\/p>\n
who got in his way, or drove too slowly.<\/p>\n
Cranky, we hoped he would see something<\/p>\n
to take his mind off his anger or calm him down.<\/p>\n
It was always tense, fearful, unhappy.<\/p>\n
most of the trips were to his family<\/p>\n
or a few summer drives somewhere to<\/p>\n
where I can\u2019t remember where.<\/p>\n
On the way to grandma and grandpa<\/p>\n
we always passed a house that had been yellow<\/p>\n
then was painted lavender, I once<\/p>\n
said I liked the color, Mom laughed<\/p>\n
and would remind us that was Marie\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
Each time we laughed and hoped it would<\/p>\n
coax Daddy out of his sour mood, too.<\/p>\n
Then we would ride until we reached our<\/p>\n
destination, happy to be with others<\/p>\n
who would not be angry with us for<\/p>\n
whatever it was we did, or for what the<\/p>\n
world had done, or something we<\/p>\n
hardly understood where his anger lay.<\/p>\n
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