The Pool

When I was about eleven or twelve, my father took us to the pool. The public pool in the nearest big town, about ten minutes from our farmhouse. I had gone there with my school before. It was rare for the Monster to ever perform any typical fatherly duties, so this was a [...]

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Three Became Four

I am the oldest of four siblings. It is astounding to me at times that all four of us were created from the same gene pool. We could not be more different. Should we meet under any other circumstances than a common childhood, I wonder if we would befriend one another. But, [...]

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