Speaker Phone: Our Father, the Great Plains

          Sometimes, we let ourselvesbelieve we’re talking to his ghost. Sometimes, we think memory, its rhyme.          How long can you stay          afloat? my sister askswhen he admits to paying his ex-girlfriend’s rent again. He doesn’t care          that she’s seeing other men          and avoids his calls—doesn’t...

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