(for dad)   

    The subtle signs of
    the personality I had
    once as a youth are

found there. Whether I dream that I am standing in a rainforest or
 
    whether I’m frightened
     of the futility of solitude,
    I lift both my hands up, up

up filled with the glorious gifts of both rain and forest.    

    I never said it. Never said, ‘get a job,’
    Or, ‘you’re just a bum.’ Watching
    Television and shows about Vikings

    And horror films all day long.
    But just because I didn’t say it,

Didn’t mean I wasn’t thinking it.

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