in late years, the incarcerated man becomes a vessel of facts not widely recorded. he puts them to paper for the daughter he’s imagined by. on the outside, the daughter settles into a calming routine with a perfectly good father. her mother abuses animals with such regularity the family name becomes synonymous with the fight to end recidivism. on the whole, the man’s youth is something he said once and forgot. a real wife was humanly possible.