“House of Blue Light”
Posted: 2012/04/05 Filed under: Book Reviews, BookLust I, Fiction, Poetry | Tags: 2012, april, book lust i, fatherhood, Fiction, Poetry Leave a comment »Kirby, David. “The House of Blue Light.” The House of Blue Light. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. pp 26-29.
“The House of Blue Light” reads like a short story. We’re talking really, really short, but a story with characters and a plot all the same. It starts off with dad at the gym. I’m guessing he’s in his 40s, maybe early 50s. He’s watching Little Richard on tv. Inexplicably he gets emotional about the music he hears. I say inexplicably because personally, I cannot understand Little Richard for the life of me. Anyway, when describing the incident to his wife she tells him, “your just emotional because your son is going off to college.” His emotions make him think about other situations where he has broken down and lost his compusure. He imagines a house of blue light where good times are had. A place where all his memories are kept.
BookLust Twist: From Book Lust in the chapter called “Kitchen Sink Poetry” (p 138).
