March 29, 2022:
"I told you he'd be a bass," said the old woman, entirely incorrectly, with entire self-assurance. The old woman who is never wrong yet typically is.
Lack of respect. For her daughter, for her grandson, for her daughter's memory.
Quest for absolution. A gift the grandson cannot provide, and would not if he could.
Toxic, dysfunctional, harmful, violent, murderous.
Song of the Ozarks.