Tuesday, July 1, 2008

the fortune failing



"... I never did anything I wanted to"

"what dad?, come on you don't mean that...
you have had a good life, you got a nice family
and house and shit."

he placed his hand on his fathers calf, which was lying
limp on the dinge white hospital bed.

"Thats not what I said." the father said as he turned his
head to stare at the window.

"You had alot of responsibility and shit, ah-....."

the boy holding in tears also now stared at the window.

" ah-..." swollows a breath of hospital air.

"ah, sorry i was an asshole all those years..."


"but thank you for letting me be one too dad."

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