Dadtrap

Dadtrap
Originally uploaded by mchughtie.

You were probably wondering when this man would appear. Who is this person with his progressive lenses and his snowy beard? Where did he arrive from? "The last time I was in Oakland," he said, climbing out of the rented PT cruiser, "was on my way to Vietnam." You forget these things, that dad didn't have time to learn cool or cynicism because he was too busy building his house, saving his scraps, filling his mouth with tacks in the basement. Contrary to your stupid contemporary slant, Dad didn't just uncurl out of some pod when you were born, wiggle his fingers and look for something to entertain him.