the six year old
with the Mohawk
stops angrily; gestures curtly
his father
(middle-aged, tall, chubby)
pauses a moment
but doesn't hesitate
in acquiescing to the tyrant.
these misunderstood words in my mind
why do i prefer them to mine?
differences, differences, incomprehension:
immeasurably above the whining, bickering,
anger, hatred, violence,
pain, fakery
that i should hear
