Excerpt of a Burnt Letter, So a Child

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From the perfect son to his father:
So a child

you never knew with
what fanatical veneration
I listened to your every word.
For you were for me the measure of all things.

The rest of the letter no longer exists. 
The child either.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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