Atlas & Alice | Issue 2 Winter 2014
Walking with Father: For Yuan Hongqi One thing I forgot to mention, Dad Is I intentionally moved either before Or behind you, each time we happened To be walking together. That way, you could Neither pinch my arm not slap my face So readily; otherwise, you would have to Embarrass yourself if you ran forward Or waited to do so, as you tried to Educate me in anger. Since my departure From you, from my home town On the other side of this world How often have I hoped to walk again, just once Side by side with you, getting or offering support Whenever either of us needed it But now I could only follow your footprints behind Step by step, while you wait to beat me in heaven, smiling.
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