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In the summer of 1995, I found an old photograph of my father and his third wife in a shoebox under my bed. That started the whole thing. I think it was taken around the time I severed ties with him; his new wife had mailed it to me, she…
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Fridays always said it was time for golf,which left me wide, wide like the space between your teeth,on the stoop til you'd let me share your palm with your nine iron.I was a utility. Your gap toothed divot tool or a headcover that had your smile.Sometimes you'd gawk back,…
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It wasn't until I discovered Dad's cardboard spaceship—hidden and dusty, tucked away in our attic—that I realized he had secrets. Big secrets.
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I ran around our five acres of tomato fields three times and every time I stopped to turn around, Pa was hopping along flapping that belt in his hands. I think he started out to strap me and got to where he just wanted to kill me outright.
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I pointed to the strange man. “Who’s this?” I said.
Ethan looked puzzled. “That’s a man with his head on fire.”
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