I stole a thing. The chase. Four towns. Don’t shoot. Shots ring out. The reconciliation with my long lost mother. The judge. Jail. Lessons.
Tagged: Family (813)
T 5492
They watched their kids play in the yard. She put her hand on his ass. I have many regrets right now, he said. She understood what he meant.
T 5486
The financial analyst was hit by a car, abandoned his job and started dabbling in poetry. You’re more useless now, said his bewildered wife.
T 5480
He feels old now as he watches his extended family fete his life, the fruits of his loins. Be careful what you wish for, he says, to no one.
T 5478
He opened the wine and poured a glass and joined the kids in front of the TV, and he sipped the wine and winced and said, I could do better.
T 5451
His mother made her famous lasagna. She made him eggplant fritters. Garlic bread. Chocolate cake. He ate it all. But still felt empty inside.
T 5437
One day he says to his wife, I will no longer speak. And she says, Are those your last words? And he shrugs. And keeps her guessing forever.
T 5429
His father went on and on about the Beatles and he wouldn’t stop and then one day he did and his kid started singing Happiness is a Warm Gun.
T 5428
Hungry optimism followed by the frustration of hopelessness. The kids were stunningly impossible. These hot dogs had better be good, I said.
T 5404
Her father had been a boxer. A real tough Rocky type. So when the new boyfriend said, You look like your dad, she was upset. And belted him.
