Everyday

Man of the House

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Around this time, my uncle decided to move in.
My Mom let him, and it all was going fine for awhile.
Even though he had problems of his own.
His asshole girlfriend was one of them.
She is one of the biggest fiends I've ever met.
Worse than Ronnie.

December, 2016

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Spanned Across The End of 2015 to Towards The Spring of 2016

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My uncle had been here before.
Banished for his secrets under the sink.
A different toy, the same concept.

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His girlfriend can't get off of the medication she's on.
She gets prescribed junk to take her off of meth.
She goes to a clinic in Denver everyday.
Farther than Steve's house.

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She loves adderall.
"It does the same thing."

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She can't get take homes.
She won't try.
Doesn't care.

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She almost had Nick arrested last year.
Why is she here?
Says it wasn't her fault.
Goddamn lie.
She knew what the fuck she was doing.

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Loses her daughter.
McKenna is safer with her Grandmother.
She loves her, but she's safer there.
No kid needs to be around this.

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She starts stripping.
Leaves.
Matt makes her stop.
Come back.

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Tries to get a real job.
Gets fired over a drug test.

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Matt can't work.
Felons have it rough trying to find work.
He has other things to worry about anyway.

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She keeps leaving him and coming back.
Finding other men.
Someone with money.

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Screaming every night.
Someone's always a thief.
He isn't like Steve.
Never touches her.

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She only stays when her eyes are wide.
Her eyes are wider like this, than when she looks at her five year old.

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His scabs get worse.

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He didn't eat or sleep for three days.

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It's a cycle.
She leaves, he trips.

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I made him a plate, almost had to shove it down his throat.

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The window is his best friend.

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Cops are hiding behind the house.
He keeps walking to the wood line.
Looking for people that don't exist.
Steve would do this sober.
Matt could be normal.
But he doesn't want to be.

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He takes me to Walmart.
Almost flips the car driving in.
Makes a turn going 95.
I make him slam on brakes.
He's laughing.
Worried.

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Matt does better when she's gone.

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Sleeps.

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My jewelry starts going missing.
$300 in rings are gone.
I say nothing.
I'm worried about Matt.

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He needs to stay home.
I don't want him hurt.
Last time he almost went to the big house.

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Later, Mom kicks him out.
His secret under the bathroom sink.

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I sympathize with him.

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I notice my jewelry box is empty.
Have a breakdown.

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Three hours of tears.

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