Father Boy Poem by Laurence Overmire

Father Boy

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Oh Father Boy, Oh Father Boy
You didn't see the signs
You didn't hear a thing did you
Oh Father Boy, my dear
You didn't see, you didn't look, you didn't listen either
You didn't try to understand
You didn't take the time
You weren't a Father, Father Boy, you weren't a Father, Father.

Oh Father Boy, Father Boy
When a Father has a Boy
To be a Father, Father see
You have to see the Boy
The Boy inside the Father
And the Father in the Boy
But Father Boy, Oh Father Boy
You just didn't pay attention
For a Boy to be a Father, Father
He cannot be a Father Boy.

~ Laurence Overmire

(Previously published in Megaera, #4, Fall 2000; Modern Poetry, Anthology of Modern & Contemporary Poetry, Writers & Artists Publishing, NY,2015)

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