The time is ten years before the time of GRACELAND, the place a small clearing in Louisiana. This is where Rootie and her brother Beau, a sensitive and restless young man come to talk in private, and to escape her other brothers who seem to delight in pestering their shy sister. This time Beau has a double purpose for their meeting; to persuade Rootie to reach beyond him for companionship; and also to tell her he has enlisted in the army, requesting service in Vietnam. Inevitably the news comes as a deep shock to Rootie, which in the end, allows Rootie to accept the fact that her life, for better or worse will never again be the same.
Published with GRACELAND.

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