![]() The Institute For The Advanced Study Of FatherA Poem by Anne Timmins
My mother founded it
My sister and I were Dutifully enrolled Though I was many times Expelled And my brothers Refused to attend We became scholars Of what we couldn’t understand We knew the eyes Blue as a sky filled with terrible birds We knew rage That had no origins And we knew the knockdown Bully-wit We knew a fearless warrior We knew a Romeo legend We knew surprises too We grew accustomed to enigmas We knew an infinite silence That grew small trees In Japanese gardens That only spoke In the language of dogs In my freshman years I learned not to ask questions On fishing trips We knew very little about The Psychology Department At the Institute For The Advanced Study Of Father Lately there have been some New developments New theories have developed Progress Science marches on Mother is gone now There’s a new dean She seems to be a fine dean For the university And what has long been suspected Has been recently proven The dogs knew it all along In every warrior A little boy is afraid In every warrior A little boy cries © 2014 Anne TimminsReviews |
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Added on July 20, 2014Last Updated on July 20, 2014 Author![]() Anne TimminsYellowknife, Northwest Territories, CanadaAboutMy name is Anne. I live in Canada. I write poetry. Not much else anybody needs to know beyond that :-) more..Writing
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