leaving
daddy’s set to go
a stripped mind
slag-heap face
daddy’s set to go
unravelled tongue
resigned dialect
got himself
childhood wounds
alive, amber preserved
got himself
the machinery
leaden arms
i can’t read between his lips
as he tells me drained lullabies
as he tucks me in, dawn breaks
his face gentle on mine
got himself
last view eyes
vanished smile
got himself
one-way map
charted escape route
daddy’s set to go
epiphany of absence
silence of departure
daddy’s set to go
closure car door
drive to relief
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