Part IV, Chapter 22: "Pops" by Edwin Sánchez

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  1. shift
    the time period during which you are at work
    He was a busboy and he had a breakfast shift the next day at the restaurant where he worked.
  2. agency
    an administrative unit of government
    I had to go with my mother to all these agencies to translate for her, but no one could help us.
  3. impatient
    restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
    And people would roll their eyes, or try to be nice or get impatient and try to get us out of whatever office we were in.
  4. wake
    a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
    We had the wake in our apartment. We didn't have a body, of course, just a picture of my Pops.
  5. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
    "Are you tired, run-down, listless? Do you poop out at parties?"
  6. possess
    enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas
    I was by Lucy possessed. I started doing all her bits, I was, like, "Lucy's Greatest Hits."
  7. barely
    in a sparse or scanty way
    Pretty soon everybody is laughing so loud you can barely hear me.
  8. vat
    a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
    The priest calls out "Do Lucy in the wine vat!"
  9. plaque
    a tablet that commemorates a person or achievement
    He never got a plaque and no one mentions him or nothing, so I like to think that every time there's an I Love Lucy rerun on, it's a tribute to my father.
  10. tribute
    something given or done as an expression of esteem
    He never got a plaque and no one mentions him or nothing, so I like to think that every time there's an I Love Lucy rerun on, it's a tribute to my father.
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