Family
“lately, leila is often in the kitchen.
and i often like to stay away from leila.
lately.
lately, i stay away.
lately, she and junior tilt their heads together, exchange glances like their insides are radios tuned to the same frequency.
lately, there are whispers, conversational lilts that ring like hushed, muffled music.
there are revved engines, lately, and headlights that wash over the charred remains of our campfire hours after we’ve snuffed the flames and headed off to sleep.
it is… unsettl...ing.
so.
lately, i stay away from leila as best i can.
which means staying out of the kitchen.
it is wrong, i know, to avoid her. to avoid junior.
they are, both of them, my family.
but.
i am not the only one grappling with uncertainty.
i think back to shelly’s delicate trembling, her hesitation back in the pickup.
there is a certain amount of uncertainty.
even here, among Henry’s watersheds, His bottomless caches of love and light.
even here, there are moments of doubt, of afterthought and undertow. MoreLess
and i often like to stay away from leila.
lately.
lately, i stay away.
lately, she and junior tilt their heads together, exchange glances like their insides are radios tuned to the same frequency.
lately, there are whispers, conversational lilts that ring like hushed, muffled music.
there are revved engines, lately, and headlights that wash over the charred remains of our campfire hours after we’ve snuffed the flames and headed off to sleep.
it is… unsettl...ing.
so.
lately, i stay away from leila as best i can.
which means staying out of the kitchen.
it is wrong, i know, to avoid her. to avoid junior.
they are, both of them, my family.
but.
i am not the only one grappling with uncertainty.
i think back to shelly’s delicate trembling, her hesitation back in the pickup
there is a certain amount of uncertainty.
even here, among Henry’s watersheds, His bottomless caches of love and light.
even here, there are moments of doubt, of afterthought and undertow.
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