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The Ledge

May 11, 2011
By Porkpye GOLD, Waterford, Michigan
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Porkpye GOLD, Waterford, Michigan
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&quot;Destiny is the word fools use to describe that which they are too weak to change&quot;<br /> Fridriech Niechze

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If I don’t push, pull me back.
If I don’t pull, let me go.
My sodden eyes, my heart, my lips.
My Daughter, Blessed Daughter!
Pushing away, falling apart like sounds,
The sounds I can only feel before the nerve dies.

My Daughter! Help thy Father!
The man who gave you life!
Has it been thus?
And such a life that death does seem relief?
I do not need this! I have my ledge!
My Crumbly, Crumbly Ledge…

I’m falling! Catch me!
I’m falling! Leave me be!
Push away the Daughter!
Push away the ledge!
I’m falling!
I’m failing!
I’m jumping….

The author's comments:
A piece that eludes to alchoholism, but also the rift between parents and teens.
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