文章基本信息

标题：Things That Refuse to Change.
作者：Evans, David Allan
期刊名称：Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature
印刷版ISSN：1048-3756
出版年度：2010
期号：March
语种：English
出版社：Sports Literature Association

摘要：

 Things That Refuse to Change     At 70--it sounds like a decent round of golf--    whenever I long for things immutable,    naturally I go back to the 50s and to the rich,    affable, round-bellied Mr. Bartlett and his    tee shot, every Sunday for two summers,    on the last par five of the flat second nine    of the Sioux City Country Club.    I should know--I was his steady caddy.    I can tell you his Titleist 3 landed, Sunday    after Sunday, within a bushel basket    of the 150-yard marker. I could've closed    my eyes during his swing and kept them    closed while walking to the ball.     I can tell you a few more things that refused    to change, Sunday after Sunday: the sound of    spikes clicking on the spike-pocked sidewalk    outside the clubhouse after a round; the manly    small talk; Mr. Bartlett's generous dollar tip,    and his warm "See you next Sunday, kid."

Things That Refuse to Change.

Evans, David Allan

Things That Refuse to Change

   At 70--it sounds like a decent round of golf--
   whenever I long for things immutable,
   naturally I go back to the 50s and to the rich,
   affable, round-bellied Mr. Bartlett and his
   tee shot, every Sunday for two summers,
   on the last par five of the flat second nine
   of the Sioux City Country Club.
   I should know--I was his steady caddy.
   I can tell you his Titleist 3 landed, Sunday
   after Sunday, within a bushel basket
   of the 150-yard marker. I could've closed
   my eyes during his swing and kept them
   closed while walking to the ball.

   I can tell you a few more things that refused
   to change, Sunday after Sunday: the sound of
   spikes clicking on the spike-pocked sidewalk
   outside the clubhouse after a round; the manly
   small talk; Mr. Bartlett's generous dollar tip,
   and his warm "See you next Sunday, kid."