A cop informed me that my son was both homosexual and dead. Shot at a bar he had apparently haunted.
“Will you accept the body?” the cop asked.
A thousand bats’ wings pulsed inside me before I said “No.”
In One Breath
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A cop informed me that my son was both homosexual and dead. Shot at a bar he had apparently haunted.
“Will you accept the body?” the cop asked.
A thousand bats’ wings pulsed inside me before I said “No.”
Northwest Journals 
Oh.My.God. This is going to HAUNT ME.
Gah. Gut punch. There are too many stories like this…
The truth is powerfully sad – saw the link to the news story. Well done.
Nate, I hate that this seemed so real. Well-written and tragic.
Unfortunately, it is real. A father of a Pulse victim refused his son’s body saying he was embarrassed of his son. His sister eventually claimed the body.
That is so sad. I will never understand how people – especially parents – can do that.