For Years I Resented the Homeless Boy My Mother Fed. After Her Funeral, He Revealed the Secret She Had Kept From Me.
I sat on the bench nearby and told them aloud that I was angry.
I said I missed them.
I said those feelings did not cancel each other.
No answer came, and none was required.
I placed the transcript of Dad’s tape in an envelope and set it beneath a small stone by the marker for a few minutes, then took it home again so the rain would not destroy it.
I did not feel suddenly healed when I left.
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