AT A THEATRE MALL CALLED THE BRIDGE
ON CENTINELA AND SEPULVEDA
LOWER LEVEL
AT A PLANTER IN FRONT OF BORDERS
A HISPANIC MAN
A FATHER
HE LOOKED REALLY TIRED
TOO TIRED TO BE ON HIS FEET
HE HAD PROBABLY BEEN ON THEM
FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE
SO HE SAT AND LOOKED UP
AT HIS THREE CHILDREN STANDING AROUND HIM
TWO SONS AND A DAUGHTER
THEY WERE HUGE AND HEALTHY
I MEAN
THEY WERE HUGE BY BASIC HUMAN STANDARDS
TALLER THAN AVERAGE AND SLIGHTLY OVERWEIGHT
THEY TOWERED WHERE HE HAD SHRUNK
THEY BURSTED FULL WHERE HE WAS DRAINED
THEIR HAIR WAS THICK WHERE HIS WAS THIN
HE DIDNT LOOK THAT OLD
BUT HE SEEMED SO TIRED AND FRAIL
THE FATHER GAZED UP AT THEM
EYES WRINKLED AND PLEASED
THEY HANDED HIM SORT OF A FEEBLE GIFT
IT WAS AN INDIANA JONES DVD
CRYSTAL SKULL HAD JUST COME OUT
ALL STORES WERE FULL OF REISSUED INDI DVDS
THEY PROBABLY PICKED IT UP AT THE BORDERS RIGHT THERE
THE GIFT WASNT WRAPPED
IT WAS HANDED OVER WITH LITTLE CEREMONY
THE FATHER ACCEPTED IT AND SMILED
IT WAS THE DAUGHTER WHO HANDED HIM THE GIFT
PROBABLY HER MASTER PLAN
TO TAKE DAD OUT FOR LUNCH AND A MOVIE
THE SONS LOOKED DISTRACTED AND JITTERY
YOUNG AND TWENTY
THEY WERE FULL OF ENERGY AND HAD SH-T TO DO
THE FATHER
EVEN THOUGH HE LOOKED BENT AND NEARLY EMPTY
HE LOOKED HAPPY
THATS WHAT I SAW
WAS JUST PASSING BY
BUT THE IMAGE STUCK WITH ME
IM A FATHER TOO
IN MY FUTURE IS PROBABLY A SIMILAR FATHERS DAY
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