That man was my father

How did you do it so swiftly, so perfectly, so assured of yourself?

how did you not see the size of the ant mirrored in your elephantine eyes?

How could you so quickly smash, and unsmash, a, now merely,

mashed body in a foggy mind, an heart so broken in so many little pieces no one

no one

no one

will ever find them.

and me, so tiny, so tiny

smiling towards the elephant

who offers to take me across the river.

A wise man once said that one can teach another

to come and open her neck to the blade

every time, and every time she'll come

That man was my father



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