he lived his life to the fullest
glass
nothing else
live what was there to be lived
he had every right in his lap
he became bored
needed to step out of boundaries
he’d never be caught
never be confronted
bruised knees
nobody dared
suspected
the jolly man
drinking games
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he didn’t go to war
but his daughter’s husband did
*
a father visits his daughter
a father cares about his lonely daughter
a father doesn’t look at the time when he goes to see his daughter
a daughter doesn’t mind if her father had a drink or two too many
a daughter doesn’t mind her father pulling her closer
a daughter doesn’t mind comforting her father
a daughter doesn’t mind her father crossing every single line
*
her husband is quiet when he comes back from the war
too shattered to question his wife’s pregnancy
too exhausted to see her own father’s glee
*
she holds on to that boy
as if it were herself
in that very moment again
as if something could still be saved
Croque-Melpomene 