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Some memories dissolve Like sugar in hot coffee Some crawl back Like a man hanging from a cliff I have two fathers They look alike One calls me every day after work Asks when I’m coming home If I’m alright or falling Simple care, like a father should The other comes for a week A week like hell Long enough to go sane and crazy Breath sour with cheap whiskey Boyish, immature Sad and grumpy Mocking everything I do Mind flies like a rocket But the mouth can’t keep up Can be insulting Once was pysical too But words hurt more No — what hurts Is having two fathers Wishing the first Would last a little longer Now wicked genetics plays its game I’m made like this too Two parts of one
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May 4
May 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM UTC
Wicked Genetics
Some memories dissolve Like sugar in hot coffee Some crawl back Like a man hanging from a cliff I have two fathers They look alike One calls me every day after work Asks when I’m coming home If I’m alright or falling Simple care, like a father should The other comes for a week A week like hell Long enough to go sane and crazy Breath sour with cheap whiskey Boyish, immature Sad and grumpy Mocking everything I do Mind flies like a rocket But the mouth can’t keep up Can be insulting Once was pysical too But words hurt more No — what hurts Is having two fathers Wishing the first Would last a little longer Now wicked genetics plays its game I’m made like this too Two parts of one
This poem comes from a difficult time in my father’s and my life. We are both sober now. I love my father very much.
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NORAYR
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23/M/Armenia
May 4
May 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM UTC
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