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Child of 10%
Born in 65
Child of  ten percent
First orgasm in 75
Child of ten percent
Tiny hands discovered un-chartered territory
Child of ten percent
Grew up in suburbia of industrial country
Where dog-eater and Vietnam-Mit were daily name'sake
Parental dictation
"Integrate
Work hard
Marry, son"
Child of ten percent
One afternoon in 81
Romantic ideals crashed on wet pissy floor of tea room near train station
Where men of many colors waited, licking their lips
Mothers always knew, understood
Tenderly joking
"Should have killed at birth"
Father, simple
Man of action and not of words
"Get out"
Child of ten percent
Among his quiet, unspoken kind
Child of ten percent
Learned to cook, to clean, to fix-up  things
And at nite, he even rocked himself to sleep
Whispering self-ownership
                  self-reliance
                  self-pride

by alex hoa

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