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Author Archives: Clay Matthews

Friday Night Lights

April 14, 2014

Clay Matthews

Upstairs the child rattles her crib against the wall. I trim my nails and think about the future. Some rockabilly song plays on the radio, the voice of someone announcing a football game coming down the road. Now that I’m … Continued

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