Judy's Father
Roscoe, Judy’s father, was Zeus's fourth brother
the one who decided on a career in psychology
to find out what made people worship. Single dad
is a tough gig, but he watched Youtube videos:
how to do her hair, five fun recipes to make
with your kid, what to do when your daughter
throws a tantrum (turn into a swan and offer
swanback rides). Judy turned 13 and wanted
to know where she came from. "I ravished
your mom in a shower of lottery tickets," Roscoe
said, "you were the prize." She gave him a look.
He turned into a pony and all was forgiven.
Raised on a rice and catfish farm in eastern Arkansas, CL Bledsoe is the author of more than twenty books, including the poetry collections Riceland, Trashcans in Love, and his newest, Grief Bacon, as well as the Necro-Files novel series and the flash fiction collection Ray's Sea World. Bledsoe co-writes the humor blog, How to Even, with Michael Gushue located here: https://medium.com/@howtoeven. His own blog, Not Another TV Dad, is located here: https://medium.com/@clbledsoe. He's been published in hundreds of journals, newspapers, and websites that you've probably never heard of. Bledsoe lives in northern Virginia with his daughter.
Michael Gushue is co-founder of the nanopress Poetry Mutual Press. His books are Pachinko Mouth, Conrad, Gathering Down Women, and—in collaboration with CL Bledsoe—I Never Promised You A Sea Monkey. He lives in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, D.C.