A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY TATTOO – Part 6

Art of Reconciliation
 After my wife left me, and then returned,
I wrote a one-act play about it, which we
performed on a Sunday afternoon at the
local bookstore.  She, as the “repentant
spouse,” me, a “cocky but forgiving god.”
Later that evening, she rammed my car
through the back end of our new garage.
 
So what’s at stake in a story? Ideally [...]

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY TATTOO – Part 5

Rewriting Chapter One
In the first chapter of my beloved
wife’s semi-fictionalized account
of our lives two characters with
soap opera names, Gray Becket
and Sylvia Caldwell, meet through
a personals ad.  He entices her
with poetry and gifts only a woman
could  think of for a  man to give.
My wife’s friends love it, and me.
 
However, after my slight flirtation
with a female friend, [...]

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