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The Image Of My Parents
My mother said to me,
"Some people are too sensitive,
To be in a relationship. I believe
Your father is one of those people."
Even as the words left her mouth,
It was as though a pall had stretched
The air thin, and smothered my face.
My father is a lonely man, his hands
Are always empty.
My mother is a lonely woman, her shadow,
Stretches...