Saturday, June 14, 2008

For Father's Day...

First, before I post anymore  "downer" father-daughter poems, let me say that many fathers are absolutely wonderful. My step-father is a very good man. Interestingly and fortunately, there seems to be a trend in which more and more fathers are attentive, loving, and completely invested in their children's happiness. My ex- husband is a wonderful father. My current husband is a wonderful father. My children are lucky. Many children are not so lucky.

On a day when we honor fathers and everything becomes goodness and light; golf balls and BBQs, let me share more poetry which echo some other people's truths.

The Pact

She squirms
She cries out
No one hears
As he crams his anger into the vessel that has to listen

She rips
She bleeds
He is relieved

Tears plead
As the last seed is pumped 
Into his daughter's body
The pain once knotted in his chest gone--gone

He has forgotten the pact
The one from the beginning
The one where he swore to protect his little girl

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Daddy's Girl

Her customer slides off his pants
Change dances in his pockets
As she reaches behind to unclasp her bra

Her cheeks no longer flush crimson
As her garments fall
Exposing young breasts

"So anything goes for $50, huh?"
"Anything"
Arms motion her to him
And he tugs off her underwear

Her father briefly looms before her
His lips, his tongue, his fingers, his hands
Wincing at his touch
She crams her eyes shut--blots him from thoughts
As she violently thrusts her hips to meet his

Grinding hips and tightening vaginal muscles
Will bring    it    closer

Familiar grunts emerge and signal    it
the beginning    of the end

Using her head for leverage 
His hands pull and tangle her hair

Faster, he jams and pounds
Crushing her chest
Tearing her pinkness
Finally he ends

But with the end, there  is beginning
And her father is always waiting
Waiting for his girl 

3 comments:

Utah Savage said...

This is very familiar terrain. Nicely done. We should all sign our names to this if this was our childhood.

K McKiernan said...

I am very sorry this is familiar terrain.

But as I said on your blog, our life experiences make us who we are. So for that, I am grateful... as sick as that might sound.

K

Stella by Starlight said...

K, you and Utah are two of the bravest women I've ever "known." It doesn't sound sick, K. It sounds like a woman who has come to terms with her life through acceptance and strength.

You both awe me.