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48 lines
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ALABAMA MOM TO ALABAMA SON
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Dear Son,
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I'm writing this slow 'cause I know you can't read fast. We
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don't live where we did when you left. Your dad read in the paper
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where most accidents happened within twenty miles of home, so we
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moved. I won't be able to send you the address as the last Alabama
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family that lived here took the numbers with them for their next
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house so they wouldn't have to change their address.
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This place has a washing machine. The first day I put four
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shirts in it, pulled the chain and hadn't seen 'em since. It only
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rained twice this week, three days the first time and four days the
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second time.
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The coat you wanted me to send you, your Aunt Sue said would
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be a little heavy to send in the mail with them heavy buttons, so
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we cut them off and put them in the pockets.
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We got a bill from the funeral home. Said if we didn't make
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the last payment on Grandma's funeral bill, up she comes.
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About your father -- he has a lovely new job. He has over 500
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men under him. He's cutting grass at the local cemetary.
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About your sister -- she had a baby this morning. I haven't
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found out whether it is a boy or girl, so I don't know if you are
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an aunt or an uncle.
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Your Uncle John fell in the whiskey vat. Some men tried to
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pull him out, but he fought them off playfully, so he drowned. We
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cremated him and he burned for four days.
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Three of your friends went off the bridge in a pick-up truck.
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One was driving, the other two boys was in the back. The driver
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got out, he rolled down the window and swam to safety. The other
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two drowned. They couldn't get the tailgate down.
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Not much more news this time. Nothing much has happened.
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Write more often.
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Love,
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Mom
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P. S. I was going to send you some money, but the envelope was
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already sealed.
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