The Lamb Lies Down

A ghost of a mist was on the field
The grey and the green together
The noise of a distant farm machine
Out of the first light came
A tattered necklace of hedge end trees
On the southern side of the hill
Betrays where the border runs between
Where Mary Dunoon's boy fell

Easter here again, a time for the blind to see
Easter, surely now can all of your hearts be free

                                                               -Marillion
                                                     

Easter is so late this year. Stupid moon. It's all your fault. Work is going well. I set two appointments this week and we hired a new sales person who starts on Monday. 

Tales from Hood
Norm, the other salesman, coaches an AAU basketball team in East Haven. These kids come from rough backgrounds and are trying to get college scholarships. The stories are outrageous. One kid had a full ride to UConn and a bunch of other schools. Then he and his friends decided to rob a pot dealer (because drug dealers NEVER have guns.) Cops were staking out the place and grabbed them the minute they walked back outside.

Another kid, a sophmore, got shot in the hand on Sunday. He claims he accidently shot himself, but the bullet was lodged in his left hand below the pinkie, so the cops said that's impossible. The director of the AAU paid the $2, 500 deductible for his father.

But the kid is going to lose all feeling in his pinky and maybe the ring finger, which puts his basketball future in jeopardy. Norm said it's just one heartreaking story after another. There are 15 boys on his team. Collectively, they have 6 fathers. Fucking hell. That's 60% of the team without fathers.

I can't imagine what it must be like to not have a father. 

Just kidding! But I had a mother who stopped at nothing to give us everything we needed. I'm not sure these kids' mothers have the education or means to do that. 

                            Peter Gabriel as Rael, From The Lamb Tour, 1975

Mel and Jan are coming up mañana for the last holiday at Mum's in CT. I am making drunken rack of lamb on the grill, along with yams. I'll marinade the lamb overnight in a pinot noir, rosemary, garlic, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper mixture. Yum! I'll listen to Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway while prepping and cooking, just like last year. Ahhh.... memories.