The son becomes the father
_____when the father passes
Your obligation becomes your life
We replace the old
__hardwood living room
_____with thick gray carpet
It’s not an accident if you allow it
Katie’s waist thins over time
stretches mark the months
_____Billy depended on her
Make sure to caress them
__when you bathe
Mother spends the day with her grandson
__The sparkling boy waits
__To become a man
Everyone loves you, she says
His first word makes Katie
__feel like a mother
His second muffled
__just too obscure
The cognac is to remember him
Everything else; habits over time
__never too much
just enough to keep warm
He can’t be replaced
__she screams from the bathroom
_____We’ll find him if it’s the last thing I do
The salt in her tears
__remind me to keep her
face on my neck
Don’t try seeing around corners
__make slow wide turns
A moderate speed is key
His face blank when he sees
__his sisters
_____distorted reflections of time
Sometimes the experience
_____is neither joy nor sorrow
Katie weeps as she squeezes
__and feels him all over
Make sure parts are not missing.
Mister Saechao 
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