I think of you today, the night of Father\u2019s Day,<\/p>\n
Instead of, as usually, thinking of myself<\/p>\n
As the father of my children.<\/p>\n
My children!<\/p>\n
Saying it is enough<\/p>\n
To pull on the strings of my heart<\/p>\n
As they say;<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It is a physical feeling<\/p>\n
One unlike others<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I am almost certain<\/p>\n
You felt it, too.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Certainly for your first-born<\/p>\n
Son<\/p>\n
Hans-J\u00fcrgen<\/p>\n
Who was abandoned<\/p>\n
Brought up by his Jehovah\u2019s witnesses\u2019 grandmother<\/p>\n
In Berlin<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He came to us,<\/p>\n
Dazed, confused,<\/p>\n
James Dean in his undershirt<\/p>\n
Shaving in front of<\/p>\n
The small mirror<\/p>\n
Suspended on the wall<\/p>\n
Of his basement room.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
This became my domicile<\/p>\n
Where the organ you bought<\/p>\n
Replaced<\/p>\n
What?<\/p>\n
Love? Affection?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I kissed you<\/p>\n
With the love of my mouth<\/p>\n
You returned my warmth<\/p>\n
With a stranger\u2019s card<\/p>\n
In your jacket pocket,<\/p>\n
Found by my mother,<\/p>\n
Your wife.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The gun<\/p>\n
In the drawer of your bedstead<\/p>\n
Fired blanks.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I appreciated the heavy burden<\/p>\n
Of your life<\/p>\n
Too late<\/p>\n
to tell you.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I am puzzled<\/p>\n
Now<\/p>\n
But then, I thought<\/p>\n
I knew.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But now,<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
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