The Sperm Donor’s Daughter And Other Tales of Modern Family
“Beneath it were the three uneven hummocks that from a distance suggested people sleeping under blankets. A moist draft crept up inside Anthony’s trouser legs as he stood looking at the Indian burial mounds. They were ringed by stones and shells … the same as could be said of his childhood.
When he was small, his father and three uncles had called themselves the chieftains, and sometimes after family barbecues, they would build a bonfire on the beach and dance in a mock ceremony. He and his cous...ins would screech and hoot and topple over each other. The men wore towels and seaweed wrapped around their waists, corn husks secured to their heads by string, slashes of lipstick across their cheeks. The chieftains shook their scepters of warped driftwood and commanded silence. “Who knows the secret handshake of the Rincon tribe?” they demanded. And the children pressed their fingers together, thumbs on top, making triangular shapes of their hands. “Then greet your tribesmen!” And the children smacked their cup shaped hands together like the two sides of a clam.MoreLess
When he was small, his father and three uncles had called themselves the chieftains, and sometimes after family barbecues, they would build a bonfire on the beach and dance in a mock ceremony. He and his cous...ins would screech and hoot and topple over each other. The men wore towels and seaweed wrapped around their waists, corn husks secured to their heads by string, slashes of lipstick across their cheeks. The chieftains shook their scepters of warped driftwood and commanded silence. “Who knows the secret handshake of the Rincon tribe?” they demanded. And the children pressed their fingers together, thumbs on top, making triangular shapes of their hands. “Then greet your tribesmen!” And the children smacked their cup shaped hands together like the two sides of a clam.MoreLess
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