Penance by Sherman Alexie

zdunno03's avatarLeonard Durso

I remember sun-
days when the man I
call my father made

me shoot free throws, one
for every day of my life
so far. I remember
the sin of imperfect

spin, the ball falling in-
to that moment between
a father and forgive-

ness, between the hands reach-
ing up and everything
they can possibly hold.

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    • I actually used the film Smoke Signals (he wrote the screenplay) based on some of his short stories, plus the stories themselves in classes I taught when I did a unit on Native Americans.

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