Magellan's Log Copyright © 2006 Texas Chapbook Press
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Daddy

I'm the decider.
I make the tough decisions
because that's what daddies do.
You keep on whining, "Why
always war, war, and more war?"
That you even ask the question
shows you're not just weak,
you're stupid too. You're not
and never will be one of us.
The world will always have its daddies,
and if I don't make the hard
decisions to protect you and
your worthless ilk (because
your mother loves you so)
from all those other daddies who,
believe me, will never, never turn
the other cheek, then you and
your worthless ilk'll all soon lie
amoldering in your graves. In
a world of only daddies who'd
be left for me to lord it o-
ver, eh, you sniveling sissy, you?