Where Dusk and Dark Do Meet by Polly Kronenberger

We sat on the curb, Jamie and me, that evening in July of 1953. We had just run our sticks up and down along Mrs. Donovan’s newly painted fence. It was so bright white it nearly glowed in the evening shade. She hired old man Buck Davin to paint it. He was the only negro in the town, but he was a good worker, especially for the money he charged. At least, that’s what my dad always said. Mrs. Donovan’s dog, that nasty toothed Sparky, ran along side on the inside of the fence, yapping his fool head off the whole time. His nose wrinkles up and you can see his gums when he growls at you. I do it right back, as long as he’s on the other side of the fence. Anyway, Mrs. Donovan busted through the front screen door waving a frying pan at us. We weren’t sure what she intended to do with the frying pan, but we were halfway down the block by the time she had reached to top step.



So, we were just sitting there on the curb. On the corner of Gilmore and Perry. I still had my stick in m...

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