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The clock ticks 8:00. \n\n"Bedtime", you announce.\n\nYour son stumbles to your elbow, begging for a bedtime story. not the same one, [[will|page 2]] you not tell a new one?\n\nYou scratch your ear with a soft laugh, scooping up your son.
But your son is here. Please, a story? \n\nAn emotional, devoted question is posed. A real question, unfettered by angels or destiny or delusion.\n\nA father's love and a son's supplications add up to silence.
But the boy is packing his shirts, looking for his keys,\ngoing down a checklist with the last bulletpoint being //<strong>THE END</strong>//.\n\nthe man - father, man, [[me|page 5]] - screams.\n\n==//Are you a god,\nthat I sit mute before you.//==\n\n//Am I a god that I should\nnever disappoint. //
In your mind, a world of houses of rooms of stories, you live far ahead, \nseeing the day your son will go (unburdened? unsupported?) ==without his father==.\n\n//Don't go! \nHear the alligator story! \nThe angel story once more!\nYou [[love|page 4]] the spider story. \nYou laugh at the spider.\nLet me tell it! //
In your mind, a world of houses of rooms of stories, you search for something new for your young son.\n\nIn your mind, you can recall not one, not one story new or good enough for your beloved son.\n\nAnd soon, [[you|page 3]] think, your son will give up on you.
the son and his father
By helloserina\n\nStoryline taken from "A Story" by Li-Young Lee.