{"id":532,"date":"2021-12-03T07:07:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T07:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/17-1\/?page_id=532"},"modified":"2021-12-03T07:07:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T07:07:49","slug":"the-generational-past-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/the-generational-past-time\/","title":{"rendered":"THE GENERATIONAL PAST TIME"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:280}\">\u00a0Vern Fein<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">An old man, arms crossed,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">watches his grandson in Farm League,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">remembers thousands of\u00a0hours<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">on district ball fields across his life,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Major League, Little League, Colt League<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">games with his sons,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">his daughter\u2019s softball,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">years of coaching\u00a0them<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">and other\u00a0childrens&#8217;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">beaming faces, crying (there is)\u2014\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">slides, homeruns, doubles.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">steals, triples, strikeouts,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">singles, walks, shutouts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Today, thirty years later,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">he watches a\u00a0grandson<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">on the same field\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">he coached his\u00a0son<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">to a city championship,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">an indelible memory<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">like the trophy\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">collecting dust in his office<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">until his son carries<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">it to his own home one day.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Watches his grandson,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">no curve ball here,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">a heater right to the heart.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Vern Fein An old man, arms crossed,\u00a0 watches his grandson in Farm League,\u00a0 remembers thousands of\u00a0hours\u00a0 on district ball fields across his life,\u00a0 Major League, Little League, Colt League\u00a0 games with his sons,\u00a0 his daughter\u2019s softball,\u00a0 years of coaching\u00a0them\u00a0 and other\u00a0childrens&#8217;\u00a0 beaming faces, crying (there is)\u2014\u00a0\u00a0 slides, homeruns, doubles.\u00a0 steals, triples, strikeouts,\u00a0 singles, walks, shutouts.\u00a0&hellip; 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