Generations are a funny thing. Fishing and filtered tobacco were the majority on the list of things he held in common with his grandfather. But his grandfather fought and voted for the right for people to be free and to be equal and he believed and stood for the same things. Yes those things were different, and his grandfather may not have agree with how equal people want to be now and maybe Cletus didn’t fully agree either. He knew that being free was important but that people could also be strangled by autonomy. But far be it for him to decide how free is too free.
Cletus caught 2 fish that he kept and too many to count that he put back. He put the boat back on the trailer and threw the 2 empty beer cans and 13 remaining Marlboros into the trash can. He took the fish home for her to clean and fry and this made her happy. And this made him happier still.