The Father and the Mother Make a Cage for the Boy
The Boy had had two Fathers and at least two Mothers. The Mothers were so erratic, he’d not know which one to expect when. The Fathers were reliable as clockwork: one before 7pm, the other after. The Daylight Father signed ...
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The Boy Jumps Ship
The Boy had been at sea all of his life. He had been aboard a sturdy three-masted ship, a mighty barque. The Boy did not know he was at sea. He did not know he was aboard a ship. Until, ...
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The Soul Phone Won’t Stop Ringing
The Boy is pacing up and down the hallway. Like he is trying to get somewhere but he can’t arrive. It is too far away. The hallway is a corridor. It connects his bedroom with the bedroom of the Sister ...
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The Right Time for Coffee But Not for the Boy
“I don’t have to make you packed school lunches to love you. My love for you is a precious feeling inside of me,” said the Mother to the Boy.The Boy would get up in time to make his school lunch, ...
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Of Grey Eyes Staring Black Holes Into the Wall
At bedtime, there was the talking and reading, the warmth of the bed and of the Mother’s body and sometimes of the Grandfather’s hand. The Boy spent many hours on laps and in beds under duvets or blankets, being read ...
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The Scalding Porridge Remedy for Alleged Sibling Rivalry
The Boy is about five. He sitting at the wooden breakfast table with the Brother in the highchair and the Sister who is kneeling on the chair next to him. The Borther is about one. The Sister is probably three. ...
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The Boy Slips Out of Himself
The Boy is walking down the hallway. He is walking away from his family. He takes a right turn into his bedroom and closes the door, quietly. With his ear to the keyhole, he listens for signs of whether he ...
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