Mom Has That Look in Her Eye

What will it mean for Homeboy?

Terry Barr

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Just a puppy (Author’s photo)

It could be just a walk coming, or maybe she’s gonna fry me some bacon. I hope it’s not the vet — anything but the vet. I’m tired of that woman poking my ears.

Wait. I hear water running upstairs.

Oh no.

I gotta take a bath.

Hhhm. Wonder what’s out the door behind me?

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Terry Barr

I write about music, culture, equality, and my Alabama past in The Riff, The Memoirist, Prism and Pen, Counter Arts, and am an editor for Plethora of Pop.