his grandparents ran a filling station and looked after their grown son, Kooser's Uncle Elvy, who "has cerebral palsy and is wholly dependent upon his parents and upon a community that accepts him as its own." Fishing is Elvy's favorite pastime. It makes him feel proud, it's clear, to bring a gunnysack full of fish back for the family's dinner. Elvy walks through a cornfield to reach his fishing spot every day.
from New West: Ted Kooser's Short, Sweet Summer Reminiscence
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