Word: dad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wednesday again and I went to twentieth and Greenfield. George wanted to talk with my parents about getting rid of the plain guitar I rented from the music school. He wanted Dad to buy a $215 electric guitar and amplifier. There were always a lot of expensive guitars on display at the music school...
...Dad and I went to twentieth and Greenfield on Saturday, and I knew I was not going to get the guitar. Dad always said, "Live within your means," whenever he did not want to spend money. I stood beside Dad in the music school. I did not argue because I knew I was not going to get the dumb guitar. George and Dad talked a long time...
When they talked, I just looked at my shoe laces. I dreamed my shoe laces were big snakes and they were crawling up my legs, and it was dark, and I was lost in Africa, and Dad was too busy to save me. Mom was talking to that nice man next door, and they were smiling at each other and too busy for me. Donna Reed was pulling at the snakes to save me, but I did not care. I pushed Donna Reed away from me. I wanted to die. I wanted to be cremated and have the ashes thrown...
When we left the music school, Dad and I did not say anything. Dad drove his old car to a few taverns and celebrated. He told everyone how he "fixed some smart guy that tried to start a fight with...
...greasy ducktail), conceived the show as a celebration of the dull but peaceful era "when the only thing kids knew about the President was that he played golf and had trouble with his intestines, and the biggest tragedy in life was if you didn't get your dad's car for the drive...