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Old-fashioned Dad
August 16, 2015
The way he talks,
The way he keeps a straight face,
Makes his son’s temples throb.
“Don’t be a F****t”
He tells him.
“Stop crying. It makes you look weak.”
He doesn’t talk about it,
The divorce,
Or the time his son's best friend moved away,
Or the time his Grandmother died,
Or now,
When’s he’s getting into fights,
When he’s not coming home at night,
When he’s acting out in school.
He’ll shrug with a: "Boys will be boys."
© Dillon O., Pompton Plains, NJ
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This article has 4 comments.
lovelifeandlivelonger GOLD said...
on Aug. 21 2015 at 4:33 pm
All in all very well done. Great job
NarutosimG GOLD said...
on Aug. 20 2015 at 9:48 pm
see some grammar mistake in a way. Like your poem really deep especially the end"When’s he’s getting into fights, When he’s not coming home at night, When he’s acting out in school. He’ll shrug with a: "Boys will be boys."" this is my favorite part in your poem.
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