Relvin Gonzalez

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“To be a Father” by Relvin Gonzalez

Submitted to Contest #205

It was just like having a dog, to had been a father. The dog laid there on the piece of carpet that faced the bathroom door as she took a shower, my wife, and put a pause on its joy until the faucet was off. It was just like that, only worse. Another being considered me a second citizen in a country I help build from limestone and sweat. Heck, my hands were still dirty with asphalt and sulfur from cobbling up the streets that my son’s car would roll on, and every morning I plucked the remnant splinters from the time I built him a white oak c...

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Puerto Rican born author of contemporary and literary fiction with a dark twist. He now resides in Austin, TX with his wife and dog.