My father's voice arrives in small denominations.When the minutes run low he talks faster,all the love compressed into the last ten seconds —eat well, lock the door, you are doing fine —
and then the dial tone, which I have learnedto hear as a kind of blessing. He means: enough for now.There will be more money. There will be more card.
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