A Measure of Happiness

he only once
saw his father

cry

on edge
in an easy chair
put mussed head in calloused hands
quaking
broke

a wooden rule
by luck
shouted bad black mad

and he bittered
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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October 25, 2011 at 7:43 AM
interesting write my friend...
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