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I Heard My Uncle in the Hall Before I Saw What He’d Brought

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your son. Your mother said Grandma would’ve been ashamed of the choices you’ve made, and your sister didn’t correct her. Then your dad got drunk and joked that at least he made sure the family home didn’t go to waste on ‘the unstable one.’”

Unstable.

A word my mother had been feeding people about me for years, apparently.

Just enough to stain.

Not enough continue reading …

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