Here's Eb teething
on a palmetto frond.
Shades of Gulf Coast Stories.

We went to Seacrest Beach for Thanksgiving, to the house Owen and Jean
rented. All the relatives were there, plus picker friends. Ella and Rowan
came home with us. They like to feed the rabbit, gather the eggs, and go to
the park. They have movies they like to watch on DVD. They play outside
Ella eats kumquats. She also picks Turk's Cap and sucks the honey out.
We have tricycles and a wagon. Brenda makes blueberry pancakes.
We have Tupelo honey or Vermont maple syrup.
The Redneck Table. The Cracker Table.
The Cracker Chair. Like the Bowditch Chair at Harvard.
Only, an actual chair, with the arm wore off from flop-sweat.
The perspiration of an underground writer is corrosive.
The Point and Shoot Institute (PSI). So much pressure.