Deleted Opening Paragraphs to the Story About Sticking a Fishing Lure in My Stepfather’s Forehead

When I was 14 I got a fishing lure stuck in my stepfather’s forehead. We were fishing in a tiny flatbottom boat and I wasn’t watching my backswing so I snagged my stepfather. The reel unspooled, and when I looked back, my lure was dangling from his forehead. “You caught a big one,” he said, not even an inkling of irony in his voice.