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A Father's Struggle

A little girl stands in front of me, crying

She has my eyes and my nose

But I could not give her any other parts of myself

Her small hand extends toward me

I reach out for her

But the bottle in my hand pushes her farther away

She floats away from me

And I drown in the dark, fermented river

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