in honor of father's day...

i am reposting (or, rather, posting links to) a few of the entries that i think best capture some of my thoughts/feelings on fatherhood...

first is "sudoku," a short story in nine segments that was supposed to say something about fatherhood, but (or and?) ended up being about memory and regret and parallel lines and stuff...

http://marsilani.blogspot.com/2008/01/short-story-sudoku_6841.html

next is "bumper car boy," a spontaneously written poem about my feelings regarding my son... something about holding him back and protecting him versus letting him be...

http://marsilani.blogspot.com/2010/02/bumper-car-boy.html

third is "willow weep for me: transplant/transparent," which is actually more about the general theme of new parenthood (the anxieties and hopes), and the ambiguous process of "duty to ancestors" (there's a dirty play on words there...):

http://marsilani.blogspot.com/2008/01/short-story-willow-weep-for-me-side_5886.html

and finally, perhaps the first written thing in this whole lot, a poem called "the one that got away" which takes a somewhat negative view on the absence/distance of fathers:

http://marsilani.blogspot.com/2007/12/poem-one-that-got-away_2022.html

SO HAPPY PAPPY's DAY!!!