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r e a ll"y cared.
I never knelr my dad-
Some nights he dicintt a p u e a r. I , io t h e r lv a s s a d a n d we e p y . It
v/a.s catching. ririer,'relrt too, ury brother and I. lVe didnlt Is.no',vv"hat
else to do.
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b e h i n d th e d n th te rl s se a t v,r her ethe batter y vJ&sr v Y e f o u g h t o v e r j - t ,
I t v / a s h i g h u p , a n d rve l i kecj- a per ch,
Il- oved my dad. lle v ia s rn ild -ma n n e re d a n d s v / e e t -- a n d s h Y r
ju st like fler and l,tother t o ld liim v rh a t t o d o rlllt b , ; me ' I mi-s s e d -
tiim v,'hen he vrasnrt tliere, and tliat vras nearly alvrays because tryhen
he r l r as liome he really $ias n rt .
l i 14 t* mi n d s e xa g g e rate
i- n or der to r ationalize l' *r at the y bol i ev e
t o be tru e . l Ju t th a t is the lvay it lvas, and thatts the v,'ayI s om eti m es
mal';e it seein even noi,vvlhen I an6er at sj-milar occurances 1n ruy life.
That lvas l'totl:er r-- Adntj-red by those outsj-de her family circle
Sh e co p e d v,'e 1 1 , D a d l s str eet, ailathetj- c ir er sonality v,iasus ual l y dr ol ned
i n al ch o h o l i c re ve ri e . lie l,Tasof' ben bedr idden or deeply s unk i n hi s
green leather rocker, e,ndri-ng and oblivious to yrhat u/a,sg;oin6 on around
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