Today's OneWord: Faded

"You still wear that shirt?" asked Hector incredulously. "It's so old. And so faded."

I smiled gravely. "Yeah," I replied, bracing my arm against the counter as I reached for my glass of beer. "Did you know this shirt used to be blue? It's more gray now."

"Then why keep wearing it?"

In the other room, Mom's telenovela was screeching. Some brand new affair, I expected. I swigged down some warm IPA and sighed. "Only thing I've got left of mi padre."

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