A Mirror
Looking into my face,
I see my father’s eyes
Staring back with contempt,
through a thousand why’s
Looking into those eyes,
trading fear for pain
My birthright rejected
—paternity’s shame
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)
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