we were enslaved
by your petty regulations
once bitten
twice shy
was a callous methodology
simply operant conditioning
with a practised brutal flourish
spare the rod and spoil the brat
was the dullard ideology
visited on your youth and mine
I saw the dust behind your eyes
you were old beyond your years
something inside you
had already died
every mother’s child
has a thousand teachers
and I was an early receiver
of your twisted ideation
tuned to your negative acuity
I learned to tread lightly
whenever you were around
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