i must be
claiming
the minority
knowledge
for all the people i meet
wisdom
respect their parents despite
understanding
their flaws
they’ve no right
their abuse
to claim
their foolishness
and the older i get
it’s difficult to relate
the more sure
to this approach as
i become
it seems to me
many parents are
rather counterproductive
petulant
to ignore their flaws and
children who
rationalize the harm they cause
had their own
in the name of blood