August 9, 2010 (I was 65)
If your father is already dead when you are young
you lack the advantage of
knowing his fuck-ups
It’s too easy to believe
the appraisal of other men
in premature evaluation of his
or your own talents
Those with titles are most
presumptuous
uncle priest coach teacher
fire chief policeman
all so dismissive in their
ignorance
and so believable in their
imperialism
Youth gives credence to
their baseless judgments
Before they earn your
disrespect you’ve become adult
It takes that many years
You have moved away from
those individuals
but not from the idiot
types they represent
In their expressions of
authoritative certainty
they never realized the
damage they propagated
never faced the critical regard
of peer review
Now as an undead father I think
I am more sensibly obvious
in my metaphorical
expression of hypocrisies and failures
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