Thursday, May 6, 2021

why not you?

you anger the child
with
the stick of criticism. 
a gentle love tap
of direction, but 
he looks
at you
pained
with the thought of how
is this possible.
the nerve
and  audacity.
i am your golden child,
near perfection
in everything i do.
my mother thinks
so,
why not you?

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