Tense
I had no idea, Lied to my whole life Mother, why? Father, papa, dad? I don’t understand. I’m on my own, I’ll be fine, I always have.
Damn, I thought I was clearly obvious.
Angry at my mom?
Not knowing what to call my dad?
Yeah, my mother cuckolded my pops. After growing up with 2 sisters and a brother I learned I was none of that. I’m out here on my own.
Parents can teach a child in two ways. They can teach what to do, and perhaps more importantly, they can teach what not to do, by example. An intelligent child sees the mistakes of his parents, and comes to a determination early in life not to repeat those mistakes.
My oldest friend died today, Cancer. The last time we made contact, he was out of minutes so he sent me a text. It's too soon to speak of him in the past tense.
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