And I ate a pear

topics of conversation: on the phone with my father for the first time in six months

• My uncle Donny and his new girlfriend
• Florida Governor Rick Scott being a “communist” and a “tea party jerk”
• new jersey weirdos
• his cats buster and sluggo, and how sluggo has been acting “weird” since my dad cleaned the screened-in pool room with bleach
• the weather, duh