Hopalong<\/p>\n
My father rummaged through closets,<\/p>\n
looking for a box of Kleenex. Why not<\/p>\n
Kleenex in this house with your cold.<\/p>\n
I didn’t feel sick, but my nose was running.<\/p>\n
I wiped it on my sleeve. It didn’t bother me.<\/p>\n
I was a scrappy kid, bandaged knees,<\/p>\n
a ponytail losing its rubber band.<\/p>\n
My mother had gone out, taking the other kids.<\/p>\n
You need handkerchiefs, he said, pulling open<\/p>\n
my dresser drawer. He took out my white<\/p>\n
Hopalong Cassidy shirt,\u00a0which he tore apart,<\/p>\n
handing me cotton squares. I felt protective<\/p>\n
of him, as if he were a small sweet cousin.<\/p>\n
No need to tell him it was my favorite shirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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