Dad Confusion Poems

I've said it once
And I will say it again
That girls have always been a mystery
They are like buses
That won't come
Then suddenly you get three

They look...

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In a world where silence echoes louder than spoken words,
I thread a fabric of questions, a puzzle of unseen struggle.
Beneath the surface of smiles, I...

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Drowning in my own existence
Hating life 
But the ultimate passion
I had to have
No, I am not the problem
I won’t let you take my breath away
I...

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Tranqual milieu, tranqual milieu,
Who are you where can i find you?,
I've looked for you while you were still fresh as jew,
I've tried looking for you...

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A woman quite delusional
Believes, beyond the pale,
Obama and her dad were friends
And yes, she went to Yale.

Her son’s employed at Apple
Though he’s only twelve years...

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Man, then Woman

Our Father, which art in heaven,
   is male we perceive,
He first created Adam,
   then He created Eve.

Several thousand years...

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Silence among enemies,
Means more jobs for spies,
To see how the land lies.

Silence among friends,
Means it is time to build bridges,
Down through the ages.

Silence among Lovers,
Means...

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Love/hate

I love him and hate him
all at the same time
I want to live with him
and I want him to die
I want to go to him
and...

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Dad ordered a chicken to pluck,
in the end he had some bad luck.
Ready for the task.
He got not as ask,
not a dead chicken, a live...

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Sweet dreams are fantastic and enchanting,
The golden wings of brightness are quite chanting,
The natural beauty of songbirds is like fairy dust,
In this dream, I broke...

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My Childhood in vain?

Being small is a boon or a bane
I would say its all very insane
The expectations that adults keep of you
Is enough to...

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I’m proud to contradict you, sir...your p***s makes you male...and males who claim they’re female are too often merely fools
That feign their - swap in...

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© Francis Maugo

The day I received the good news
At the hospital after the pregnancy test,
I was overwhelmed with mixed feelings: happiness and guilt
The breaking of...

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© Francis Maugo
I'm only two years of age yet regularly pitiful.
I need such a great amount to embrace my father.
He's shielding us from a long...

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It is very dark and cold, 
      How had I ended up on this desolate road?
    ...

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