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Here's a poem!
Nobody Knows, Just We Two
Daddy
Rubs my back and
Croons songs that haven’t
Been sold in twenty years
Except on the hidden
Discount racks.
Slowly,
He unrolls me
Where I’m wound tight,
Crumpled on the floor like
An unborn child.
He eases me back,
Holding me
Close to him.
As if I am five and
I fell off my bicycle.
Singing
He dances me in slow
Side to side motions.
If I could cry,
I would be allowed to
Cover his shirt with water and salt.
Instead,
I listen, breathing in
His scent and his voice.
He doesn’t ask,
Only answers.
He dances me around the
Kitchen, repeating the
Same songs over again,
Like one of his old records
Stuck on a single point.
I don’t mind,
Even when he forgets the
Words and has to hum them
Or, worse, substitutes his own.
He resolutely sings me down
Until I feel human again.
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