Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1967)
Story (1967)
Excerpt
Notes of a Dirty Old Man
he liked the end of Summer best, no Fall, maybe it was Fall, anyhow, it got cold down at the beach and he liked to walk along the water right after sundown, no people around and the water looked dirty, the water looked deathly, and the seagulls didn't want to sleep, hated to sleep. the seagulls came down, flew down wanting his eyes, his soul, what was left of his soul. if you don't have much soul left and you know it, you still got soul. then he'd sit down and look across the water and when you looked across the water, everything was hard to believe...
Appears in Magazines
- Open City - October 11-17 1967