I really like this Frank.  The introduction of the
mother works well for me since it points up a
frequently-experienced situation where one can be
pulled in quite contrary directions by people one
wishes to please/respect/whatever.cheers, cara

-- Frank Faust <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > my
father has threatened his silence
> for I cannot be trusted
> each time he speaks     he says     there is a
> chance
> I will take him at more than face value and elevate
> his memories into verse-sagas and tales
> when he reads what I've written he feels somehow
> displaced
> by a man concocted from fiction     penned in his
> first person
> it is a strange way to revisit the past
> and it makes him uncomfortable
>
> he is smiling when he says it
> so perhaps he is joking
> but there is an edge to the sound of his laughter
> he has repeated himself     it is three times now
> and he looks at me uncertainly
> as though he's no longer sure
> of just who I am or why
> this long ago history is worthy of writing
> when the stories are only of every day poverty
> and not so exciting
> to those that lived through them at the time
> so why would I bother with that after all of these
> years
>
> but my mother says that I should ignore him
> write whatever I want to and there is plenty of wall
> space
> so one more framed poem will not be too many
> and whatever it is I believe I am doing
> while they don't understand it at all
> she is sure it is worthy of good faith and pride
>
> ~
>
> Frank
>
>
> The Tales of Faust poetry page can be found at:
> http://www.hotkey.net.au/~flp/F_index.htm
>
>
>
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