#799 Fingerprints- Justin Bigos
This is a series of memories a boy has of his father. They are not good ones, at least not from the reader’s perspective.
“He drinks a rocks glass of vodka. He drinks a plastic cup of scotch. He drinks a Dixie cup of ouzo, a beer stein of sherry, a mug of warm Chardonnay. He drinks handfuls and handfuls of water from the kitchen sink, combs his hair with his fingers. He has stopped shaking. You’re just getting started.”
The father is a drunk, a criminal, and a thief who at one point stole from his own son. However disgusted with his father the boy gets at times, leading sometimes to physical retribution, these memories are relatively non-emotional. It’s just a child or a adult remembering his childhood and these moments from his life.
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