I told him retirement had made him arrogant. He said he had always been arrogant. The old greenhouse at my parents’ house finally came down that summer. A storm damaged the plastic and part of the frame. Dad called. ” I drove over. For twenty minutes, we stood in the backyard looking at the crooked little structure. The wood was gray. One corner leaned worse than ever. The replacement hinge I installed in college was rusted. Dad touched it. ” “No. ” He looked ashamed. ” We dismantled it together. No ceremony. Just screws.
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