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Trailer Park

June 5, 2019June 11, 2019 / crowcityblog / Leave a comment

The trailer park was a sprawling place with plenty of vacant spaces for a boy to roam and get lost.  One end bordered a huge lot of scrapped construction machinery with a giant mound of tractor tires we used to play on.  Sometimes a truck would rumble through the gate and we would run like … Continue reading Trailer Park

Primatology

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 / crowcityblog / Leave a comment

  I walked down the hallway to my room.  As I passed the bathroom, I saw my mother press her wedding ring into my father’s hand. “I can’t take anymore,” she said.  “I’ve had enough.” He laughed at her and tried to give it back.  I continued to the sanctuary of my bedroom and closed … Continue reading Primatology

What’s in Ohio?

January 26, 2019April 27, 2019 / crowcityblog / Leave a comment

My grandfather is dead now.  I never got to know him very well.  I suppose I could have made more of an effort but I had my own problems.  My mother’s family all lived out East.  We never visited them.  I think my father feared that if we went out there he would be the … Continue reading What’s in Ohio?

Cat Trouble

June 11, 2017April 27, 2019 / crowcityblog / Leave a comment

The family cat was gray with white paws and belly.  We named it Murphy.  He wore an arrogant cat-smirk of contentment and he would purr when I rubbed behind his ears.  I went with my father to a farmhouse in the country that had listed an advertisement for kittens in the newspaper.  My father chose … Continue reading Cat Trouble

Living with Fidel

June 6, 2017April 28, 2019 / crowcityblog / Leave a comment

The corpse woman's eyes were gaping black sockets.  She was propped on a wooden chair with her slack arms and fingers stretching toward the floor.  Her abdomen was charred and gutted like a bomb had exploded inside of her.  My father had clipped the photograph from the front page of one of his leftist newspapers … Continue reading Living with Fidel

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