https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/61c8cc10204d2bf7194e043baa45d7cd.pdf b7109172b18283920742b26e1f2fde64 PDF Text Text g'.’e. The South Carolina Review ’iF - _Ji .v . Clemson University Volume 47, Number 1 Fall 2014 �Chad Hanson Patches of Light When he turned forty his vision began to falter. Even on cloudy days, he saw patches of light. They pocked the horizon. In the beginning, he fought them. He squinted. He tried eye-glasses. He took too many pain killers. Then he submitted to the lights. He began to think of them as sovereign. Last night he lost his thirteen year old dog. When he woke up, he found the dishwasher had flooded the kitchen. He stepped onto a patch of light. It felt like stepping on an iceberg in the Atlantic. No one has seen him since the end of Good Morn­ ing America. �Listing Ted went to see his physician. On the examination table he said, “I’m listing.” The doctor said, “Hmm?” He said, “I am listing.” The doctor asked, “Are you tilted?” Ted explained how he lists to starboard. The doctor knew him well be­ fore the war. He knows how to proceed. He touches Ted on both of his elbows. He prods him on the shoulder. Then he says, “You are unmoored. We need to bring you into port and shore you up.” He slaps him on the back. Ted asks, “A pair of crutches?” The doctor says, "No. No, you need someone to give you ballast. Somebody to hold you up.” Ted asks, “Can you prescribe someone?” The doctor says, “No. No, I’m sorry. I’m sorry, I wish I could. It Gave Him Such a Glow I used to watch my grandfather at family shrugged his shoulders to the rhythm. floor. events. At wedding dances, he He knocked against the ladies on the His cheeks bunched up onto the edges of his eyes. A champion set of crow’s feet crumpled and folded as a testimony to the happiness. On the fourth of July, he ran through parking lots, waving two sparklers. Pleasure burned like kerosene on the wicks that he held in his hands. My grandmother would look away. “Whiskey,” she said. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Print Magazine Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Patches of Light," "Listing," and "It Gave Him Such a Glow" Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <div id="dublin-core-rights" class="element"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div id="dublin-core-rights" class="element"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div id="dublin-core-rights" class="element"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div class="element-text"> <div class="element-text"> <div class="element-text"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div class="element-text"><a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chad Hanson Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Chad Hanson Journal Publications, CCA 04.ii.e.2025.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CCA 04.ii.e.2025.01_ChadHansonPapers_44 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Searchable PDF Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The<em> South Carolina Review</em> is published by Clemson University