DAD

He was a huge guy. Really big. He was scary. At my grandma's house, he was always in a little room off by himself and they used to tell us kids not to bother him.

PAPA

My dad was an asshole. He used to walk around and jingle the change in his pocket, just so people would know he had money. Me and Rudy used to sleep in the little back house, the girls slept up in the front house with my mom and dad, and my dad would come in and kick me in the back at 4:30 in the morning and I'd have to go work in the fields before school.
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