The grandfather dies. The dog also. The sun sets in the west. Turquoise is a good color to name. Something that ebbs is likened to something that never ebbs. It is raining.
II.
The speaker’s grandfather was a master carpenter. The things he made are scattered around the speaker’s family. The speaker expects his future spouse to help him steal these to put in their future house.
III.
The important part is the speaker still uses his dog’s name as the answer to security questions on the internet. In the situation of the speaker being in a life and death struggle with an evil clone of himself, you hold the gun and don’t know which to shoot. Ask the dog’s name. If you want to live, know the answer.
Written 2010 during the MFA program at Columbia College Chicago