Cul de Sac

In a neighborhood on the Virginia coast there is a cul de sac with three houses on it. The cul de sac occupies the needle tip of a small peninsula jutting out into the Lafayette river. On this peninsula, the pines are tall and the roads are winding. None of this neighborhood nonsense and old home week with the doors open and the children riding big wheels on the sidewalk. Yards of pine needled river grass, stately homes well set back from the road. Lawn furniture in the back yard, where you can see the boats go by, or watch the pool. The Lafayette river was named for the Marquis du Lafayette who was apparently a US army man though French. If you’re confused about this please to remember that he was instrumental in defeating Cornwallis at Yorktown. If that information doesn’t cause you to pipe down, nothing will. Do you remember 1781? You can thank your lucky stars somebody does. On the beautiful cul de sac on the river named for Lafayette, 1781 is a distant memory. The Indian king, Powhatan, is a street over in Larchmont, the third street from the water, not even a very good one.