The Poetry of an Avid Bookworm

It Wasn't True

Dad always said that.

He wouldn't be such a target if he fit in more.

How could he say that?

If all fathers secretly wanted to kill their sons,

Maybe that explained Stephen Kellner.

Why are you crying, baba? Babou took me by the shoulders.

It was easy for Ardeshir Bahrami to say that.

It was the sort of thing Stephen Kellner would have said.

"Um."

I'm not.

"Okay."

I wish we didn't have to worry about disappointments and arguments

And carefully calibrated intermix ratio.

Don't cry, Darius. Sometimes I wished I saw Stephen Kellner less.

If you just stood up for yourself, they'd leave you alone.

It wasn't true.

How could he say that?.

He sighed a long sigh and turned away.

A Level Five Disappointment Sigh.

It wasn't true.

"Um."

Not Hi, Darius, but Is everything okay?

"Yeah, Dad."

"I'm okay. Thanks."

It wasn't true.

"I'm great."