DadA Poem by Sharon KinsellaPoem
I learned to dance by standing on the toes of his shoes while he moved.
I learned to read, sitting on his lap, reading the paper until he told me I was too old to sit on his lap anymore. I learned to win with a drunk, debating with him about Greek and Roman philosophers when I was a young teen and it was late in the night. But the most important thing I learned from him is to hate at the end of his fist, until all 90 pounds of me knocked his drunken a*s down the basement stairs. I left him to learn from these words "If you ever touch me again, you drunken b*****d, I'll kill you. I'll hate you until the day you die." I learned to never take any s**t from anyone. © 2011 Sharon Kinsella |
StatsAuthorSharon Kinsellalakewood, OHAboutRadical, lesbian, wise old woman, mom, feminist and a goddess. more..Writing
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