My Father Ordered Me to Strip Off My Uniform at His Cookout

window the rest of the ride. There was a tire shop with a giant plastic peach near the road. I remember that more than anything else. The peach and the sting in my throat because I’d said one sentence over pancakes and somehow made myself into a problem again.

After that, every decent thing I did got translated.

If I studied, I was trying to show off.continue reading …