Cleaver

In one of the stories that has been published, which is the final story in the collection.

Oh, is it final story? Cleaver? Yeah.

The Cleaver? Yeah, yeah.

There is the moment where the narrator talks about the family's maternal figure who is arguably absent from the story.

designing their entire house around a jacaranda tree that sort of fluoresces once a year and casts purple light into the, um, into the rooms.

Okay.

You see? Cleaver.

You understand? Mm-hmm.

A meat cleaver.

All right, so there's a dude in front of me, right? Yeah.

All right, Booty's on a swing as Cleaver.

All

right, Booty, Booty,

Come

on, Booty.

His disease-ridden Cleaver.

June Cleaver.