Wednesday, June 24, 2020

as your father/ i must say

as your father
i must say
this holy thing
all fathers say
and you know
beforehand what
all fathers say
but for some reason
you still will not

turn off the light
in the room
you just left


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Pants

"Put your pants on!" he said to his kids, after 2 PM on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.

"Why?" they asked. 

"BECAUSE I SAID SO!" 

"BUT WHY!?!?" 

"BECAUSE PANTS WERE INVENTED AND YOU SHOULD WEAR THEM AFTER  2 O'CLOCK ON A SATURDAY." 

"OK. We'll wear our swimming suits."

"Fine." he said after thinking about it and deciding it wasn't worth fighting over anymore. 



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Sunday, June 14, 2020

on this june day

on this june day
what do you have to say?

the birds and the trees 
in full force

the squirrels in the yard
faster than the cats 

but nothing quicker
than an unsatisfied mind

and for what
remembering lost games 

where you landed
on boardwalk



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