RECORDED AT THE MOTH AT THE MOTHLIGHT IN ASHEVILLE, NC ON FEBRUARY 16, 2017. THE THEME OF THE NIGHT WAS, “LOVE HURTS.”

“By then, I was literate enough in my family's argot to understand that no gesture was simple or spontaneous, that any indulgence from Dad was underwritten in a secret code I couldn't read, but when the sweaty metal touched my sweaty palm, the mystery of Dad's message began to crack…”