1976
HOOTENANNY MANGER, 1976
The 2 month baby on a comforter on the living room floor squalls, angry isolated from touch on clouds of puffed nylon. Voices float above him. His father, attending, picks up his guitar sits crosslegged down there, picks a lick croons a tune. It is the leaning forward, singing softly I want to capture, and how the baby’s eyes met his father’s eyes, and how the baby stopped crying, even smiled, and sang along. © Jane Piirto. All Rights Reserved.