to correct our parents’ mistakes
to show them what we really needed
by giving it to our own child
because what else do we know to give
even if it’s not what our own
particular child may need
isn’t it a required part of childhood
not to get something important
you needed until the question becomes
what are you going to do about it
now that you’re in charge that is
if you think about your life in halves
the first half you have no experience
and therefore no defenses
which you must slowly mount
but in the second half
you try to turn all that around
if you’ve understood anything at all
and give your life away
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