THE
RATIONALIZATIONS
OF DAVID THE DAD
A lot of clichés
Chapter 9
I grew up on a farm,
2And we got up early,
3And milked the bcows,
4And I usually walked to school,
5And all the other clichés everyone laughs at,
6Because they’re the things fathers say,
7Or used to,
8In my generation,
9Which isn’t that much of a coincidence,
10Because it was mostly true,
11And it’s how we got all our wrong ideas,
12Or at least that’s how I think it happened.
13You see,
14And I know you’re too young to remember this,
15Your country used to be the country,
16The land where you were born,
17And spent most of your life on,
18Without moving anywhere,
19And so you loved it a lot,
20Because your country was the hill where the sun came up,
21Every day,
22And the cwillow tree where Dad hung your swing,
23And the dirt lanes where you rode your bike,
24And the millpond where you fished for sunnies,
25And the orchards that grew the dapples you ate in pies,
26And the fields that grew the tomatoes you picked for dinner,
27And you loved it,
28More than anything,
29Because that’s where you came from,
30And that’s what fed you,
31And entertained you,
32And where they would bury you,
33When the time came.
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