this is not really about Lebron James leaving Akron

This is not really about Lebron James leaving Akron

fictions
edward w pritchard

Since many, make that a few people tell author his writing is confusing this is not really about Lebron James leaving Akron for greener pastures in Los Angles California instead it is about author's oldest son recently getting married and moving to California.

Here is the confusing part.When Dante the Italian poet wrote about his not to secret love Beatrice sometimes to keep her identity secret from the world he would address his poems to another beautiful woman in Florence, Italy who he called his stage beloved. So for now Lebron James will be my stage son for a few hours and I will address a few lines to him about the small tired little City he left behind.

Mostly empty buses still run toward downtown despite the street repairs down that way and cars on the expressway driven by folks from the suburbs still drive very fast to avoid the downtown that is unless they are headed  to Quaker square which is dark and quiet but still a good place to find an excellent divorce lawyer.

The housing resale market here continues to lag although property taxes are rising steadily. A big housing project is planned in Akron at Gunther school where this author successfully matriculated.

Grand children are fine. Young kids still ride around on bikes donated by Lebron James.

Life goes on even though our hometown favorite took the last train for the coast.

the end

i found myself selling a house

I found myself selling a house

fiction
edward w pritchard

I found myself selling a house,
a house that Generals of invading armies never commandeered for strategic headquarters
or troops never pitched tents in the yard awaiting upcoming bloody battles
a house where no one ever awoke early Sunday morning to read the newspaper and drink fine teas with a friendly lady in a lacy red peignoir 
a house that no one ever entered without ringing the doorbell while waiting and waiting
it's a house that everyone secretly criticizes because it needs an update and makeover to be marketable,
a house but not a home
selling a house is difficult where no one wants to live in  modern times
a house where no one orders pizza on line and turns the occasion into a memorable party
a house where no pictures are texted to friends and followers of daily curiosities
because the house I occupy needs extensive expensive dental work
has a broken malfunctioning heart, a disappearing will
and lacks a sunny upbeat attitude
I found myself selling a house
a house in need of an update and overhaul, to be marketable in the world of an approaching future
each house stands silently alone, watching weeds of memories of vanished pasts
blot out the noise of busy carpenters and home builders making obsolete yesterdays
abodes, to make way for smiling future
for someone else.