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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