The boy’s father was a strong, hard but kind man named Joseph, who built the cabin over ten years ago with his father and brothers. The last shingle was nailed to the cabin’s roof shortly before the boy, whose name was Michael, was born, and Michael’s sister Amber was two years old. Joseph built theContinue reading “The Story of the Wendigo”
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pinches and kisses
papa wants a kiss all papa wants even when he pinches even when he cares too much when he makes a fool of himself when he’s downright stupid he can’t shut up makes funny noises pops his cheek sings his little songs and all pinches are forgotten papa just wants a kiss it’s all papaContinue reading “pinches and kisses”
tragedy
the father crouches in the dark, naked the skin splits apart and the son emerges out of the father’s back the son rises, looks around in sadness headless post-birth loneliness he knows not what he has to do the son ventures into the streets – still headless and dripping wet people shove by – fastContinue reading “tragedy”
ghost of a man
when my child is just a photo I can carry in my wallet I’ll become just another father who couldn’t live at home when my family’s just an album I keep upon my shelf I’ll be just another cold son who left his nest behind
family denial
the end of the day, the family settles in perfectly average everyone copes with life father makes muffins in the kitchen mother downstairs reading books sister alone in her room on the phone sonny smoking pot on the roof everyone content everyone stressed they cannot exist anymore
