Tagged: father’s day

dad perfects the love

dad perfects the love
of simplicity and the
unity of love –

biting into a fan tuan,
taking a sip of soy milk
.
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because dad had our

(for dad)

because dad had our
backs, we were free to explore,
become strong, grow wings
.
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he loves me, he loves

he loves me, he loves
me not, he loves me, he loves
me not, he loves me –

fathers can remain somewhat of
a mystery, but don’t doubt love
.
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mom and dad vowed to

mom and dad vowed to
tighten up any loosened
screws before bed each
night so that we would
have another
chance by morning,
not be defenseless
.
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each time you pull

for dad

each time you pull
out a special tool
for fixing the things
that break, you teach
us how to hold
the problem in
our hands, engage
in solutions, find
the edges of
every rule.
equipped with
a lifetime of
tools, we still
find your love
immeasurable
.
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joy is rediscovering

joy is rediscovering
each other –
on days like
these, on days
not like these –
make it the
same challenge,
the same privilege
.
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for years, my father

for years, my father
rose before sunrise so that
we could sleep soundly –

we flourished in certainty
when love was something simple
.
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my dad passed down the love

my dad passed down the love
for Volkswagens the way
folks passed on their
ancestry – one vibrant
story at a time
. and
traveling through the
milestones in a VW
or two certainly
stoked the enchantment
.
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calculating

calculating
the precise
intensity of his
presence,
measured in pure
wattage, rescaled
to the limits
of the visible
spectrum, i catch
a filament
of my father
.
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