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Family' Love' Booster'

Family. Love. BOOSTER


                                                                   Papa 85 and Mama 81 declining 
                                                                                                   as rapidly 
                                                                                                              as 
                                                                               Delta, Omicron variants
                                                                                                    mutating

                                                                       their closing voyage to SoCal 
                                                                                      High-risk travelers
                                                                                   Traveling 7200 miles
                                                                           Crossing the Pacific Ocean 

		        Unpublished insight:  this final crossing is more potent for the 
                                                                 distant daughter than for inactive 
                                                                                                        elders
		
                                                                                  The amiable daughter
                                                                          presents her greatest gift - 
		                                              a man of her choosing

                                                                       This round, two decades later 
               Allowing, requesting parents and her man to personate unique affair

                                                                  silent Charades, Google translate 
                                                                                          ambiguous chat

                                                                             Observing QQ’s first ever 
                                                                                                   – request

                                                                            mother reluctantly voicing 
                                                                                      her broken English
                                                                                A few gentle interviews

                       This final dose of in-person opportunity, leading to assessment
                                                                 re-exposure to FAMILY AND LOVE

                                                    This booster inspirits the tarnished antigen
                                                         An extra administration onto disturbing
                                                                                              family history
                                                                                        entombed history

                                                                    A valiant daughter’s dying wish
                                                                           Wishing unconditional love
                                                                                          equal treatment
                                                                                final selfless protection

                                                                                           Protection from
                                                                                                    kin taker
                                                                                                manipulator
                                                                                                   victimizer

                                                                                           wilting seasons
                                                                                       unwritten wrinkles
                                                    my clarity of FAMILY AND LOVE even more 
                                                                                           brutally defined
                                                                                           yet... elegantly 
                                                                                                       refined

                                                                           Everyone’s deepest sorrow
Unspoken axiom
A Closure between a conscious daughter and in the waning days of papa and mama

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