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Daddy. Father. Stranger.
Remember my first word?
No you don't
because you weren't there.
Remember my first steps?
No you don't
because you werent there.
Remember my first haircut?
No you don't
because you weren't there.
Remember when I first called
you "daddy"?
I was nine years old.
That was the first,
and last, time.
Remember when I first
kissed your cheek and said
I loved you?
I guess it was
too much for you to take,
because you aren't in my life.
You never really wanted me did you?
You never even loved me.
"I really want to be a good
father to this child", you said.
"I really want to be
in her life", you said.
Well, sure you
did, daddy. Father. Stranger,
Where were you when
I needed you?
When I cried tears
that only you could
wipe away?
Where were you?
On my tenth birthday,
Lulu died.
That was the first
time you held me.
You held my hand and
we cried together.
I felt so close to you.
Then it all crumbled away
as you slowly faded
to a nothingness inside of me.
I never even met you
until I was nine...
That's not right.
Nothing's ever right
if it has to do
with you, daddy. Father. Stranger.
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