It Was Never About The Fishing
At six a.m. the lake was glass, and Roy drove me out to Hanks cove and cut the engine and turned his back, and I opened the orange dry bag …
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Play It Twice Before You Judge Me
At nine, after my sisters lights went off across the street, Brenda the hospice nurse knocked, and I sat in Walts recliner and pressed play, and my husbands voice came …
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Friday I drove myself to the U-Store-It, and Kiara handed me the letter and a little brass key, and I sat in my Buick in front of unit 42 with …
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The next morning I sat in my wifes chair, behind her desk in empty Room 114, and I took the paper clip off the envelope that said do not be …
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Monday the rabbi sat in Morts chair in our living room, and I held the envelope in my lap a long time, then slid my thumbnail under the flap, and …
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I drove home with Genes envelope on the passenger seat where he used to sit, made a cup of tea I did not drink, and before I could stop myself …
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Wednesday morning Luther came at eight, and I sat at the kitchen table with my coffee and peeled off that yellow tape and lifted the lid of Earls cigar box, …
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The man in the suit slid the clear plastic sleeve across the picnic table, a single stamp and a letter in my mothers handwriting inside it, and Patrice stopped smiling …
The Third Album Read MoreThe Back Of The Canvas
The man in the pressed suit set the enlarged photograph on the new granite counter, the back of the canvas with the brown paper peeled away, and my mothers knuckles …
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The woman in the suit set the photograph of that tiny unfolded paper on the dining room table, and the welcome-home party went quiet under all the Mickey ears. My …
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