Lessons of the Father


Don’t tell me…

when you decided popularity trumped principle.

I don’t want to know.

Don’t tell me…

that winning is the best lesson and his trophies do more than collect the dust of missed opportunities to grow.

I don’t believe you.

Don’t tell me…

that your motives are altruistic.

Look it up.

And, as excuses fill your mouth with the bile of garbled rationalizations,

don’t tell me.

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