Writing about the absence of my dad
He is the papa, padre
Pops in, pops up, up up up I go
Flying on the stilts of an old man
My old man
The man in my dreams.
The dream of a man who is here but silent.
He’s happy, pappy, so unbearably crappy at times
The man who stands in silence.
He begat, forgot, fulfilled a duty to establish,
To fill, fill in, fill up, up up up I go
Standing on the shoulders of a giant man who cannot be seen.
He’s papa, padre, pardon me, pard, par,
pa pops in pops up, up up I ___
Fly on stilts old man
Oldman, Oldma, Olma, Alma, Alma Mater
The man who is there but is silent.
The man who is but silent.
The man who is.
Sure he’s happy, he’s pappy, so unbearably crappy at times,
The man who stands in silence.
He begat, began, begs begging to begin
Beg beg beg to forget
He forgot to fulfil a duty to establish
To fill
To feel, to feeling, to fill in, filling filler
Fuller
Full up, up up up I__
Standing on the shoulder of a giant who cannot.
He’s the pap, the pa
Pa, pah, peh
Up Up Up
Fly the stilts man
The man who’s there but
Sure he’s __, he’s ___, so unbearably ___
He stands in silence
He begat, he beg, beh, beh, be
For?
He forgot. He forgets.
He forgets to fulfil a duty
To fill, to fill in, to fill up,
Up up up I ___
Up.
I stand up
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