note to father by Barton D Smock

Jul 2012

I will say
I am not my father
and you

I am not my son
and we will hold hands
until we are
so alone
that I

fall ill
and am replaced
by sickness, a boy

I promise
to write

Written by

Barton D Smock 48/M/Columbus, Ohio

(48/M/Columbus, Ohio)

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