My dad was elected mayor of
In the census that year, the town had 8,000 people,
but some of them were rich people, at the beach,
and black people, in colored town. Most of the citizens
were middle-class. They worked in agriculture, tourism, or
banking-insurance-and-real estate. Some were poor,
I guess. It felt like Mayberry RFD to me. We played
basketball, and baseball. Mel Tillis is from Pahokee.
Burt Reynolds is from West Palm. Or
People from Palm Beach High looked down on Seacrest.
He made a movie with Dudley Remus. Herb Score was from
Gifford Nutbrown became a golf pro.
I’m a paperback writer. I have a web site,
like Joey Pants, in Second Best. Coming up on
a crossing-guard’s belly. No fat chicks.
We knew where each other’s parents
went to church. Nobody’s parents were
divorced except one boy whose mother
ran a dress shop, like Constance MacKenzie
in