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May 2016
What do you think about when you're in the car? Do you listen to talk radio?
Do lightening storms still scare you?
Do you sing in the shower?
What do you eat for breakfast?
Do you use a tea kettle to boil water?
Tie or bow tie?
Can you tune a guitar?
Netflix or Hulu?
Bath or Shower?
Quick - who is your favorite president?
Do you wish you could vote?
Do you wish you were a citizen?
Who was your favorite teacher in high school?
Have you been to the doctor lately?  When did you propose to my mom? Did you get on one knee? Did you cry?
Are you lonely now?
Who do you talk to when you're bored? Why are you so bad at spelling? Does Mary Jane still keep you company? What do you do when you're not working?
Why don't you talk about Charlie anymore?
or is his name Charles, I can't remember.
And what about Uncle Jim, he forgot about my birthday this year.
Why do you ride your bike so much? Do you wear a helmet? Have you ever gotten lost?
Do you still tend to your garden? What do you and Jim talk about?
Do you believe in God? What do you have faith in? Do you have faith in me? Do you think about me often? Do you miss me? Why didn't you take a picture with me after my graduation? Was it because you never graduated from high school? Or did you just not care? Do you care? Do you love me? Do you love my mom? Did you love Lisa more than us? If she was worth it to leave then why didn't you stay with her? Did she care about your drinking? Or did she drink with you like Ruth did? Are you capable of loving? Who was the first person you ever loved? The last? What does love mean to you? What does hate mean to you? Which is stronger? Do you hate anyone? Do you hate Ruth? Do you hate your mom? Do you miss your dad? Are you afraid you'll die of cancer, too? Are you afraid of anything? What will you be called when you're a grandfather? Do you hope I get married? Do you believe in marriage? Or do you just not like being married? Did you always want to be a dad? Or was I a planned mistake?

Does your truck take diesel or unleaded?Β Β What brand of pasta do you buy? Do you own a rain jacket? Do you make bunny ears when you tie your shoes? 1 ply or 2?
Dad?
Dad?
Are you there?
Leigh Marie
Written by
Leigh Marie  Boston, MA
(Boston, MA)   
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