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On killing your father II

by @LanturnLight

A pair of eyes collides With one identical pair, The first pair owner lowers His head to bow as heir. The second rises slowly, Triumphant lifts his voice, Commands, commands this brainless Descendant of his choice. But number One refuses He negatively shrinks And in the eyes of daddy He stares and never blinks A “NO” still echoes somewhere The word becomes a sword It riddles Second´s ticker And One is without lord. Pale but smiling number Two Congratulates his son. Reassuring number One His loss means that he won. Then Two drops dead At least in part And moves no inch of bone One, alone, falls into pit. Pit uncertainty. One can´t think straight, Brain so full that empty. Two wore coat, Two´s coat heavy. One still wears it, Legs are wobbly. One Take first own step Alone
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May 19, 2021
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#father#adult#growingup#responsbility#freewill#killing
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