Spelling William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha for Kids Whose Father Has Abandoned Them

April 17, 2011

Y: Your dad ran away.

O: Oh no, why don’t you cry about it.

K: Kids, life ain’t fair.

N: Nothing you could have done better.

A: All fathers get scared.

P: Pussies run from their families.

A: Always remember that.

T: Take care of your mother.

A: Ain’t no one looking out for you but her.

W: Weasel.

P: Probably knocked-up somebody else.

H: Half-brother somewhere.

A: Another child to leave behind.

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