Mississippi Dads

from Stress, Unstress by Trochee Trochee

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I was standing on the ledge and
You were sleeping in the bedroom.
Mardi Gras is down below us.
Mardi Gras is all around us.
Mardi Gras was started here.
Your whole self was started here.
At least they were your favorite years.
There was love when you lived here.
Then you moved because your family
Were instructed by the military.
Then you stayed in Illinois
Long enough to start a family.
Begins with you and Mom and then with me.
Ends with you and Mom and sharing custody.
Then in Mobile you recovered.
You found that love that you remembered
From long ago when you lived here.
Thanks for all your love these years.
Though you’ve moved from Alabama,
Though I’ve moved from Arizona,
I remember Mardi Gras when
I found out that which you knew all along:
When you reach the place you can love with all your heart
And then you leave it for a reason, any reason at all,
It stays there.
It’s not going anywhere.
Happiness is always in reach somewhere.
So this is where you began
And this is where you might end
And this is where I’m in the middle
And I won’t end it here if I can help it.

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from Stress, Unstress, released February 19, 2016

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