9828.THE MOST OBVIOUS STUFF IN THE WORLD

THE MOST OBVIOUS 

STUFF IN THE WORLD

Yes. That's the phrase they used to use over at the

old oatmeal factory over there in a neighboring

town. Some kind of vats and some kind of

cooking smells. I'don't know how it all worked

but they're all gone now and it's but a hole in

the ground awaiting something. I knew a guy

here, his father worked in the plant. Covered

in flour and sweet with the odor, he'd come

home in the evenings about 6:10. Some kind

of little Oldsmobile 'F-85' it was called. Yeah,

whoever came up with that one was on some

Detroit drugs for sure. My friend's father's

name went as Whitey. That seemed funny to 

me; him being always covered in flour and

all. I always figured, when I grew up, to

just call him Wheatey. But then he died.

Man, how that always happened.