fathers

Sonja’s Dad talks about his best friend Don Lamont.
Sonja’s Dad talks about his best friend Don Lamont who killed himself in 1982.
It’s 2018 and Sonja’s Dad talks about his best friend Don Lamont who killed himself in 1982.

Sonja’s Dad was a race car driver
Sonja’s Dad was a race car driver in the fifties.
Sonja’s Dad was a race car driver in the fifties who was so cool that he was the first person to teach all of his friends how to do the twist.

Sonja’s Dad lives in the past.
Sonja’s Dad still grieves.
Sonja’s Dad is in his 80s.
Sonja’s Dad was the life of the party.

He is still alive but he isn’t here.

My dad talked about magic
My dad talked about magic, the nature of evil, and the power of art
My dad talked about magic, the nature of evil, and the power of art and he continually wondered what the future was going to be like and his one-legged father was horribly abusive

My dad was a bouncer, gang member, and part of the military police
My dad was a bouncer, gang member, and part of the military police in poverty-stricken Glasgow before emigrating to Canada with his wife and three daughters when he was in his twenties.
My dad was a bouncer, gang member, and part of the military police in poverty-stricken Glasgow before emigrating to Canada with his wife and three daughters when he was in his twenties before he got divorced and met my very young mother in Toronto

My dad lived in the now
My dad grieved but only as one of the variety of available emotions
My dad lived to be 68
My dad was the life of the party.

He is dead but he is still here.

I talk about my daughter
I talk about my daughter and my partner
I talk about my daughter and my partner and I tell humorous anecdotes

I was an animator
I was an animator and a cook
I was an animator and a cook and a writer

I live in the future
I grieve that I am prone to grief
I am 46
I am the life of the party

I am alive but sometimes I feel dead



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