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God Damn Dad

An elegy

By Ernest TaulbeePublished 3 months ago • Updated 3 months ago • 1 min read
God Damn Dad
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You nor I

believe in

many things

 

it’s all down

no one light

for the path

 

just we two

you and I

alone too

 

god damn dad

one moment

with we two

 

you and I

me and you

they agree

 

it was good

it is gone

god damn dad

 

I miss you

every

day is long

 

Your absence

constant drain

on myself

 

one more year

a second

god damn dad

 

my daughters

and my wife

your wife too

 

my mother

your children

god damn dad

 

where are you

we know well

god damn dad

 

heaven hell

hell heaven

no such place

 

go away

both of us

yesterday

 

not right now

tomorrow

years ago

 

till today

god damn me

free thought now

 

not today

important

I mean now

 

god damn dad

I’m alone

you’re not here

 

god damn dad

gods, devils

all the same

 

forever:

contemplate

just not real

 


 

Elegy

About the Creator

Ernest Taulbee

I live in Louisville, KY with my two daughters and two dogs. Eastern Kentucky University graduate. X: @GordonTaul72113. For more: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ernest-Gordon-Taulbee/author/B01GGRCKJO. Appreciate all reads and comments.

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    Written by Ernest Taulbee