Thank You Daddy
by Jason Ashbaugh

his daughter went to college in Houston
Rice he says
good school you say
yeah, fucking expensive though
his mouth open and full of disbelief
over how much they got
now she’s in graduate school
always busy
don’t call me on the weekends daddy
I’m either asleep or studying
I’m just like you daddy except
all those beers you’re drinking
are books I’m reading
we’re the same daddy really
I love you but I have to go

return to Letter X

Jason just found out that dusty bibles lead to dirty lives.
copyright 2006 ©
LETTER X vol. 1 2 3 4 5



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