kfc
ovenbird
I
asked
if
I
could
go
see
Buddy MacMaster
play
the
fiddle
at
the
K
of
C
.
I
meant
the
Knights
of
Columbus
Hall
.
You
heard
KFC.
You
said
I
could
go
but
you
were
very
confused
about
why
a
world
class
fiddler
would
be
giving
a
concert
at
a
fast
food
fried
chicken
joint.
We
still
laugh
about
it
sometimes
.
And
I
can
never
see
a
KFC
without
thinking
of
a
blazing
Cape Breton strathspey.
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...
raze
i
was
never
sure
why
this
became
our
go
-to
meal
for
special
occasions.
not
that
we
had
much
to
celebrate
in
that
house
.
it
wasn't
my
choice
.
i
know
that
much
.
decades
down
the
line
from
the_last_time_i_saw_you
,
i
can
taste
our
family
meal
just
by
thinking
of
it
.
the
coleslaw
that
burned
the
back
of
my
throat
.
the
chicken
that
seemed
more
skin
than
meat
.
soft
drinks flatter
than
my
adolescent
stomach
.
and
i
can
still
see
my
fingers
,
slick
with
grease,
reaching
for
a
hand
that
would
sooner
feign
being
broken
than
bind
with
mine
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from