Tagged: Family (813)

He scanned the horizon looking for any sign of life. Of a hint that he wasn’t alone. With the kids. While his wife was away for the weekend.

The argument was an ideological one, based on memories, beliefs, upbringing. Sal said GI Joe. Bill said Barbie. Their marriage wouldn’t last

Her momma always told her that no matter how beautiful she was, her shit would smell just as bad as everyone else’s. But her momma was wrong

He listens to the sounds from the living room, the cartoon violence of the video game, the mirth of teenagers. And then he hears the sirens.

And here are the fathers, with their unecessarily complicated lives, sitting under a tree, thinking about sex, watching their children play

He begs them. He threatens. He cajoles. He bribes. And finally the kids are off to bed. And so he opens the freezer and takes out the vodka.