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What does a dad do
when his girl finds a boyfriend?
our rights of passage
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by Scooj
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What does a dad do
when his girl finds a boyfriend?
our rights of passage
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by Scooj
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It’s been quite a while
since I sat by my dad’s side
the soil between us
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by Scooj
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Nineteen years a dad
where did all the years go to?
so much forgotten
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by Scooj
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My sister and me
we remember him today
and tell our stories.
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by Scooj
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Not a day goes by
when I don’t think about them;
wounds forever raw.
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by Scooj
No sombre salute
instead joyful remembrance
of a life well lived.
by Scooj
He used to take us to Hamleys,
on the few occasions we’d see him,
and buy something small
like that plastic stuff
you blow balloons with
through a straw
and then we’d go on to a restaurant;
I always chose sausages and a coke
a rare treat indeed.
He didn’t really spoil us, in fact
it was probably the least he could have done
but we always looked forward to those days.
It must have driven our mum mad.
well now his absence is for good and I shall miss him
and his rather clumsy efforts at being a father.
by Scooj