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Thursday, December 4th, 2008

“Things My Son Should Know After I’ve Died” by Brian Trimboli

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Brian Trimboli
THINGS MY SON SHOULD KNOW AFTER I’VE DIED
I was young once. I dug holes
near a canal and almost drowned.
I filled notebooks with words
as carefully as a hunter loads his shotgun.
I had a father also, and I came second to an addiction.
I spent a summer swallowing seeds
and nothing ever [...]

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