The Swords in the Stone

childhood abuse, poetry 1 Minute 
He called himself
A poet
A teacher
A father

Etched in stone 
The word
Beloved 
Of him

And in the Cloud 
A fraud
A thief 
A disgrace

Still in my mind
The words
He said
And did not

Teacher he was
Thief as well
Father, too
Though not to me

I married a poet
A teacher
And felt
Beloved
Profile of dog’s face with kind but sad expression, with watercolor effects
The Face of Draymond Pugbelly
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