"a demon of frustrated dreams" and Oliver's abuser.
Reposted from
Poetry Living
"My mother
was the mossy stream out behind the house [...]
My father
was a demon of frustrated dreams [...]
I sweep the closets.
I leave the house.
I mention them now,
I will not mention them again.
It is not lack of love
nor lack of sorrow.
But the iron thing they carried, I will not carry."
was the mossy stream out behind the house [...]
My father
was a demon of frustrated dreams [...]
I sweep the closets.
I leave the house.
I mention them now,
I will not mention them again.
It is not lack of love
nor lack of sorrow.
But the iron thing they carried, I will not carry."
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