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Rated: 18+ · Book · Spiritual · #1149750
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#969588 added December 31, 2019 at 6:01pm
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Camden Part II

The New Nightmare

When all the world hushed
In your lavender room,
Comfort,
Little bean snuggled
In lap quilt and capable arms
Sheathed
In green glider-rocker.
Lullabies from CD
Echo memories
To the tiny, decelerating heart,
Gripped no more
By monsters
That seemed all too real.
Silent rhythm,
We two swayed
Sending me a-hum
Employing those harmonies
To create her new songs
Long forgotten --

Until windows close
To our tender past.

Disinterest began as:
Rejected rides on my back,
Refused story recitations,
Ignoring
Voiced plush gesticulating
Before a comic, sagging man.
To warm your heart now,
Permit:
Innocent flesh pierced,
Crop golden hair,
Transition gender
Hidden in restrictive garb
(Something you're trying out,
Or maybe other girls),
Renaming yourself
Camden --
Douse dreams
Of daddy and daughter
Running down a beach,
Two kites.
Now you insulate,
Clutch phone,
Blue illuminates
The dull, pale face —
Subterfuge in black.
Consulting on social media
These unusual,
As confused, peers.

The crib long repurposed --
Where I don't know.
Books and CDs boxed --
I'm sure in attic.
A cluttered room hides
Our past,
Like stuffies ushered out
En masse that even mother
Doesn't understand why
I won't part with.
I cannot caress
Digital memories contained,
What she refuses
We shared
In a green glider-rocker.


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I'm supposed to have all the andwers, all she gets to do is question my authority.

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