B Negative (2011)
“I look out at the parking lot. What a frigging mess.
My mother has basically lied to me my whole life.
My “real” father is an asshole.
The guys in the band have replaced me.
Tara dumped me.
Who does that leave me?
The Man Formerly Known as Dad.
I realize I’ve stopped using a name for him. I think of him and I see a picture in my head instead. A short solid guy with a close shave and a beige windbreaker. The guy no one else cares about except me and Martha. And Earl, I guess, at least when he do...esn’t show up for work. It’s like he’s an icon on my computer desktop now. Not a real person, just a symbol representing a function.
John Armstrong might not be my father but he’s the only person I’ve ever been able to count on. Maybe I’m an idiot for thinking something’s wrong, and maybe he really is just taking a couple of well-earned days off. But the truth is, I don’t believe that.
My guess is he’s sitting somewhere, staring into space, looking at his life, too, and feeling just as bad as I am.MoreLess
My mother has basically lied to me my whole life.
My “real” father is an asshole.
The guys in the band have replaced me.
Tara dumped me.
Who does that leave me?
The Man Formerly Known as Dad.
I realize I’ve stopped using a name for him. I think of him and I see a picture in my head instead. A short solid guy with a close shave and a beige windbreaker. The guy no one else cares about except me and Martha. And Earl, I guess, at least when he do...esn’t show up for work. It’s like he’s an icon on my computer desktop now. Not a real person, just a symbol representing a function.
John Armstrong might not be my father but he’s the only person I’ve ever been able to count on. Maybe I’m an idiot for thinking something’s wrong, and maybe he really is just taking a couple of well-earned days off. But the truth is, I don’t believe that.
My guess is he’s sitting somewhere, staring into space, looking at his life, too, and feeling just as bad as I am.MoreLess
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