absent fathers

all fathers are absent fathers

all sons are eager to please

all mothers demand obedience

all sons soon crawl off of their knees

all uncles have eyes on joint properties

all mothers hate all aunts in the family

his mother is also hated by her

even dead the rivalry does not cease

we are all the sum of our scars

the scars are what we hide

the scars are who we are

the scars are feelings we have denied

and what we hide

all brothers will compete

or recede to bleed

each other dry

and their wives will cry

and tell their husbands

all that they have been denied

by their families

again and again

ad nauseum

we are all the sum of our scars

the scars are what we hide

the scars are who we are

the scars are feelings we have denied

and what we hide