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A Mirror

Looking into my face,
  I see my father's eyes

Staring back with contempt,
  through a thousand why's

Looking into those eyes,
  trading fear for pain

My birthright rejected
  -paternity's shame

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)


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