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Fathersexpand_moreNo one asked that, changed as he was, he do more than survive.
Ivan rolled his eyes, and looked at the sky like someone about to be martyred.
my baba sits in a midwest garage with the hood propped open.
I wear a gray sweater not unlike the one my father used to wear.
The world is where we brace for a joke that’s about to be played on us.
As far as I was concerned you need never have been my father.
When one of the Baxters yelled, “Hey, Turd,” we all turned our heads.
Brassy bullets fell against the floral comforter like little candies.
It was as if the stranger in the train carriage had taken out a knife.
Well, back home has really changed, you won’t get that same bammy.
“Look in my eyes. Do I look like someone who has heard this story?”
The wild-eyed horse was more a figure of nightmare than dream.
The alert says Warning: Wild Exotic Animals Loose.
Like a bird with a broken wing I will smudge the line of the hopscotch.
Her body too, a mystery in motion. But does she own her body?
She alone knew how he could be swept up, tender interior laid bare.
Out by the road was her son standing without a stitch of clothing.
The band was amateur at best. It didn’t matter. People loved them.
He hadn’t meant to hurt her. Drowning people will do anything for air.
What did St. Teresa have in mind when she prayed to be released?
The clearest memory was when his father shot a grizzly.
Now I’m no longer the buzzards glooming over the mango tree.
Teddy, the new sous chef, is on fire again. It’s the second time in a week. I make a silent promise to myself never to have sex on a beach, not even with Ryan Gosling.
Don’t hitchhike the Mediterranean coast of Algeria in the summer of ’71.
The sight of her belly ring and the smooth, tight canopy of flesh.
My father left me in the car while he was grabbing one for the road.
You might say I acted on instinct. All I wanted was to stop the screaming.
Does he not see our likeness? Fursten seemed to see nothing.
Maybe all of it was possible. Maybe it all could work out.
Maybe this was one thing in his life he had done right, or so he hoped.
