Hillbilly Elegy

incredible commotion. Mom was
standing in a bath towel in her front
yard, screaming at the only people who
truly loved her: to Matt, “You’re a
fucking loser nobody”; to Lindsay,
“You’re a selfish bitch, he was my dad,
not yours, so stop acting like you just
lost your father”; to Tammy, her
unbelievably kind friend who was
secretly gay, “The only reason you act
like my friend is because you want to
fuck me.” I ran over and begged Mom to
calm down, but by then a police cruiser
was already on the scene. I arrived on
the front porch as a police officer
grabbed Mom’s shoulders and she
collapsed on the ground, struggling and