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Dreams of Parenthood
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16 Dreams of Parenthood The heavy sedan rolls backward down the drive and over her before I can make it stop. My son drowns in the pool, loses a foot in the mower, then too much blood. I cannot reach them before the roof beams give way to the flames, before they take the poison, fire the pistol, accept the offer of toys and candy. Instead I snatch awake, lie still, stare up. Slowly, the familiar images begin to gel in the ceiling’s pebbled plaster: the grimacing cowboy with the water-stain hat, the tugboat badly listing, the circus clown who appears as if he’s about to scream. ...