They fuck you up, your mum and especially
your dad.
They may not mean to, but
they (and let me repeat the “they” here means especially dad) do[1].
They fill you with the faults they (well at least the ones DAD) had
And add some extra (usually concocted by DAD), just for you[2].
But they were fucked up in their turn[3]
By fools in old-style hats
and coats[4],
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s
throats.
Man hands on misery to man[5].
It deepens like a coastal
shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don’t have any kids
yourself[6].
[1] Well maybe Dad did subconsciously mean it. He as you know
has anger issues and abandonment issues. Perhaps it is repressed anger at
his father disaffected parenting style and shit like that. Perhaps it is just that misanthropic streak he has.
[2] Especially that unwarranted and unfounded fear of wolves in
the neighborhood often used by him to hurry you along on your dawdling walks home.
And those genetic mutations that lead to your ADHD and your ASD well those are
the result of Dad’s old and chemically altered (by his dabbling in amateur pharmacology
experiments at university) genes. It is his entire fault, really so direct
all your anger and frustration and emotional conflict at him. Mom had
nothing to do with this. Blame Dad!!!!
[3] Mom of course persevered through challenges and
hardships. Despite having to walk uphill to school both ways she really
isn’t damaged. Dad on the other hand despite a traditional two parent home is
nothing short of an emotional hot mess and has nothing of meaning to offer that
can sooth or balm a troubled teenage soul. His advice is tainted by his
luck as a teenager where under no circumstances should have prospered but he
did. He is an unreliable outlier and out right liar. Don’t dare seek
dating advice or relationship advice from him for we live in a society that no longer use
clubs and dragging by the hair as part of the dating ritual as was the norm in his day.
[4] Just look at Dad, he looks like they did. They
dressed him funny and he never learned to be fashionable. If you use Dad's
fashion sense for any purpose let it stand as a dire warning of what not to do.
[5] See Larkin got it. It is the masculine identifier
here. Dads are the people who screw up there kids, never Moms. It
is only on TV that Moms do the damage.
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