Fantasies

My little brother and I slept together in a bedroom next to the roof.

Fantasies were stoked the most when it rained. The harder it rained

The more inflamed our imaginations. Our uncle Hebron, a Captain in

The Navy told us tales (some true!) about a storm in the Pacific that

Sank the island he was on! He was never specific so my brother and I

Took turns at filling in the details. In the one we liked the most, the

Island floated to the edge of the ocean and fell to a place where all

The kids had little cars and the traffic cops handed out Ice cream

Bars for driving slow.