Obituaries and bios are difficult to write. Manifestos are easy. Hybrids like creative nonfiction, lyric essay, or haibun are tricky. I consider “Sumpter” somewhere between a lyric essay and creative nonfiction, a kind of a day poem. I more likely than not got Parkinson’s disease from using TCE while in Coast Guard Aviation. I was an active member of IATSE Local 728 as an Assistant Chief Lighting Technician for 20 years. I have been writing since the age of seven. I have a son, grandson, and daughter in-law in Chicago. My father is 90 and my mother passed. I am older than my brother and sister; one each. May “Sumpter” give insight and understanding to those unfamiliar with the complexity of Parkinson’s. I am deeply honored for my work to be published herein. Photo credit: David Kagan
Download the article (pdf) Table of Contents I packed up and headed toward Sumpter after googling weird shit to do in Wisconsin within 50 miles of Madison. I was going to see Dr. Evermor’s Forevertron. The Guinness Book of World Records said it’s the largest steel sculpture in the world. Google maps located it at […]