The Daily Palette Vintage
JUSTIN HYDE harold jackson brings my grandmother daffodils
he called one day out of the blue now it's bingo every tuesday at the legion hall and sundays after church service they drive to cedar rapids for brunch then west towards keystone the steep cemetery on the hill where her Richard is buried then further north down a twisting gravel road along the iowa river past marengo a spot overlooking an eagle's nest where he and Edna took picnics for forty three years before she went dust last august and he buried a fistful of her right there along with that norway spruce
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The Daily Palette Vintage
JUSTIN HYDE Justin Hyde lives in Des Moines, where he works as a parole officer. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in psychology in 2001.
This page was first published on November 4, 2007.
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