We ate and felt unsatisfied. The kids most of all. I told you it was inappropriate, I was told. I knew it would be. That’s why we ate there.
Tagged: Family (813)
T 5930
I watched my son at play and the past met the future and I fell down and he asked me if I was alright and I held him and said, Get me a beer.
T 5920
It was years later, after the divorce, that she realized why her son had always been short of tissue. And she couldn’t blame her ex for that.
T 5913
He looks at the calendar. Now I have a month to live, he thinks. His mother calls and cries. He cries too. And he thinks, Less than a month.
T 5911
He puts on the sweater and his wife says, You became so uncool so suddenly, and he looks at himself in the mirror and says, Is this divorce?
T 5908
She wakes and finds him packing a bag. What’s this? she asks. And he turns his back on her and sighs and says, You used to smell like bacon.
T 5898
My phone rings. My mother’s elbow is sore. Again. I tell her I’m not a doctor. Again. My date leaves. Again. I order another bourbon. Again.
T 5866
He brushes his teeth, regretting last night. He remembers thinking, I have children, and he brushes harder, until his mouth is full of blood.
T 5857
The boat fills with water. Her dismay is met with sarcasm. She says, Don’t prove my mother right. But it’s too late. And they die ironically.
T 5806
Outside the end of the world grew closer. They held each other and watched the sky turn red. I’ve never seen your mother this angry, he said.
