Returns to our home to find his things on the porch.
-he is kicked out before he can run away
Sits in the chair as the blonde woman tells us the news.
-he gets her pregnant before they are married
Locks the trailer door to keep us out.
-he makes the drugs while we play outside
Returns to their home to find his are gone.
-he is abandoned by her for a man named Pigg
Says he needs time to work things out for himself.
-he disappears for two years
Calls collect from jail.
-he lives in a cell without any windows
Asks for a visit from his "family".
-he tells me that a 20 year sentence is too harsh for selling meth
Charges are dropped after a trial.
-he has a friendly lawyer with a friendlier assistant
Moves into the home of the paralegal aid.
-he doesn't tell us that another brother is on the way
Returns to her home to tell her he's leaving.
-he is sick of all the mind games
Lives by himself for the first time in decades.
-he gets lonely and wants a friend
Tells us about the young woman who is pregnant.
-he has to accept that baby number six is on its way
Finds a religious woman who accepts his past.
-he wants her to take care of him
Forgets about past mistakes and the children they produced.
-he lives a new life with a better family
I look forward to my future as I say "Good-Bye" to a father who never knew me.
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I like the way you use form to tell tough stories here, Alex. You stick closely to the appearance/reality pattern in each item, and the repetitive shape of the piece matches your dad's repetitive behavior.
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