Tuesday, June 03, 2008

3 junio 2008: Raising Sons

i have many
sons when i
never expected
to have
any
all of them three
like the tv show
the theme song
runs through my head

now they're old enough
kicking them out
is the hardest part of the job
it's my part of the job

sometimes they don't want to leave
sometimes they want to leave and they can't
sometimes they leave and come back
always they leave and come back

and back again

the whole thing
is the craziest system

who came up with it

after the earthquake
chinese couples worried
they would have no children
to care for them
when they were
old

are my sons
going to care for me
when i'm old

and do they know that yet
has anyone told them

how can i break it to them
in the same way
as the day
they left home
imagining they would be
on their own

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