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Saturday Afternoon I was Watching A
By joseexist in Musings On Muses
May 16, 2010

Saturday afternoon I was watching a Five Finger Death Punch DVD. I paused it in the middle of a tattoo slideshow and brought out a little amp and guitar. The amp is a small low-power affair. Nice tone, though I’m just now trying to find ‘my tone’ with it. I tweaked the sound a bit and then laid down a few good licks and tweaked a bit more. I was able to get a good crunchy sound that I could dial back with the controls on the guitar to a nice clean one. That saw me turn loose with a few more good licks.

‘And then, the phone rang.’

It was someone I had not heard from for over forty years. I don’t remember his voice but I could tell it was him. My Father had called me from Panama. We talked for quite a while and it actually felt good to finally hear from him. For many years I contemplated how I would react. I honestly did not know what my reaction would be. So there it is now. I’ve welcomed him back into my life. There are many questions I have but not all of them are as important as getting to know him. The ‘why-did-things-happen-like-they-did’, and the ‘where-have-you-been’, and even the ‘what’s your poison’ can all wait. I’ve found my father is easy to talk to even though his accent has a thick Central American flair to it. We touched on a few memories and along the way, with each instance, I was more and more convinced that he actually misses his children. He was directed to my main website (legasyssongs) by my older brother and related congratulations to me for some of the things he found there. I’m not sure if he listened to any music, but he did say that my half-sister is a singer there in Panama. He knows that I’ve given him two grandchildren and one step-grandchild but we didn’t get to the great-grandchildren yet. He said that he felt it was time to get in touch before it was too late. I can understand where he was coming from. I could feel the fathers love for his son thru the phone line. I hope he felt a sons love for his father as well.

So here I am armed with a phone number and few good tears of happiness. I can’t wait to see what these new ‘muses’ can guide me to.

Signed: Jose’ Luis Diaz - Second Son Of: Elvin Augustus Diaz II