The boy says, I wanna learn the vibraphone, and I know he’s just trying to piss me off. He says, I’m gonna like jazz, and that was my limit.
Tagged: Family (813)
T 3998
A trip to the zoo punctuated by her kid’s repeated question: What’s that? My daughter’s fixated, she thinks. The elephant is the last straw.
T 3994
We lived well. And then we didn’t. There was a rupture. Some lives were ruined. Some more than others. She blamed me. For once she was right.
T 3985
They no longer speak to one another. Something about the definition of steak. The children play their video games. Thank god for headphones.
T 3976
They find out they’re cousins. This changes things, she says. This changes nothing, he says. Their parents find out. But they’re related too.
T 3973
His middle name is Boomerang and years later he figures out why he’s never met his real father and his mother says, You aren’t missing much.
T 3966
Dogs. Cheese. White rugs. His life had turned into a movie no one would ever pay to watch. The dogs start barking. And then his mother calls.
T 3961
She called her mom, trembling with excitement. This time it’s love, she said. Her mother wanted her to be sure. Because last time it was gas.
T 3953
He comes home and says, Who will love me? and his kids ignore him and his wife says, I have yoga, and he sighs and slips on something awful.
T 3943
She brought cake and they told their guests about how they met and there was a disagreement and then the guests had the better story by far.
