Vinegar and Salt

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This poem is about my late father. He was an absent father. Not because he wanted to be, but because the circumstances were extremely complicated. He did manage to find me and provide for me a brief while. As I matured into adulthood I began to understand you have to accept what you cannot change, have the courage to try to change what you can, and learn to know the difference.

This song is for my father, The biological fallible author, working to clear a path. In this maze of a world, filled with isms and societal twirls You warned me of the aftermath after the math. The few times you visited no matter the weather, Eating vinegar & salt potato chips together, Before you continued your odyssey. The simplicity of our relationship, Based on sodium chloride fermented chips, Will always be the base of my modesty.

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