a calculated thought

by derek garner - Virgo

A purged memory.
bouncing on your knee
your afro is lumpy
happy days you told me stories.
thoughts of you,
daddy.

where are you now that
I'm unsure of what's inside me?
mother knows but she can't help
maybe this check will.
surrogate liar.

I am your seed
was I defective?
too light for you so proud with hue?
Could you have held back
and extinguished me,
I'll never know.
That, I'll never know.

Don't worry pop,
I've grown these hairs 
on my own.
I bury you there, back
bouncing on your knee,
with your afro lumpy,
telling me stories,
daddy.
Birth sign: Virgo
Date created: 2000-10-06 16:51:08
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:42:51
Poem ID: 57868

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