Poetry
Our Dad Got Old
Our dad got old. He moved in with his brother. We had all left home because we were supposed to fig…
Family and Relationships
Our dad got old. He moved in with his brother. We had all left home because we were supposed to fig…
But he’s not getting caught on this trip, he says. He’s packing his stash wrapped in tinfoil, sprayed with deer urine, and taped to the inside of his engine, as per a YouTube tutorial.
The Crandells participated in 4-H the way we did everything: bargain hunting, doing odd jobs, and keeping costs and desires to a minimum.
how can I tell him that every day I see her smiling in her coral blouse, her matching lipstick, …
I’m a new face in the therapy group. My wife’s ultimatum drove us here tonight. A…
I was dressed and ready for church, waiting while the others bustled about in preparation, when a sudden conviction took hold of me: “I’m not going,” I told my mother.
Everyone believes the world’s governments worked together to release the sterilization virus called only Z. Isn’t it likely the government sterilized the seeds as well? Who wants this disaster to drag out for decades?
I imagine them sending me to live with a family that is not my own. I have protected my parents for as long as I’ve been alive. If someone comes after them, I have teeth.
I was not afraid of alligators or snakes. I swam past them with some vague feeling that I was safer in the water with these creatures than on land with the humans.
