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Hopelessly
Get mixed signals in my fathers's letters First he tells me Hopelessly Isn't it—? Next he writes a long letter describing my sisters; One a liar, one exhibits false pride the third a pig-headed know it all (leave that for them to figure out) Telling me I'm the only one who turned out any good — My siblings all in pursuit of condos cars and superiority titles to prove to themselves they ARE worth something I've been waiting to rise-above all that petty competition though I've always felt it below me But maybe now I've risen above Even in their blind-eyes When I returned 4 years later FUCK had become an acceptable word in all aspects of community—
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