He stares at the wind-battered plastic bag in the tree and thinks about what his father has told him and decides that life is a big fat lie.
Tagged: Family (813)
Twister 2566
She gave birth to twins and a week later he bought a motorcycle. She called him irresponsible. I knew that, he said, looking at the children
Twister 2717
He missed his son’s game and understood the ridicule he was going to bring upon himself but there really had been no more paper in the stall
Twister 2894
He noted the commotion from across the street and he looked at his daughter watching the scene and he told her, We’ll never win the lottery.
Twister 3059
The kid goes around to all the Chinese people and says, You’re so lucky, because his dad told him in China it’s polite to burp at the table.
Twister 3265
Everything was going well until she confessed she liked drinking the “blood of animals.” Now he has problems peeing. And he misses the kids.
Twister 3423
He got in the minivan and smelled something funky and he lowered his window and his wife said, Don’t look at me, but he kept looking at her.
Twister 3546
She said to him, Be dangerous but be kind. And she kissed his forehead, and on his way to school he punched his nemesis. Then he apologized.
Twister 65
He couldn’t find the sausages. He suspected the kids but he wasn’t sure. Your kids are vegetarians, his wife said. The headache came on fast
Twister 371
He wore hipster t-shirts. He snuck into the backyard swimming pools of the wealthy. His mother disliked his friends. And he so disliked hers
