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The Sins of the Father

Bill DeArmond

And so it has all come down to this
Every tick of the clock on the wall
is an eternity of memories
between each beat

I do not sleep or eat anymore
since you’ve gone
I am in constant pain
physically and emotionally
since you’ve gone

And so I sit in this chair in the dark
in this quiet living room
of a house I didn’t want
Listening to the rest of my life
measured in the movement of a heartbeat

And slowly I become my father
lost in despair without my mother
Sitting in his chair
in an empty house in the dark
with a shotgun in his lap
talking to the dog
listening to the clock on the wall
mark his remaining time

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