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father’s day
for those who don’t have fathers, hate their fathers, or anywhere in between and beyond, use this post to write about it. let loose unapologetically!!
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GerardDiLeo in Poetry & Free Verse

Fractional Paternity

In 1951, I was nothing: 1/0'th as old as my father. But you can't divide by zero.

In 1954, I was 1/13th as old as my father.

In 1964, I was 1/4 as old as my father.

In 1974, I was 1/3 as old as my father.

In 1994, I was 1/2 as old as my father.

In 1999, when he died, I had gained ground, being 3/5ths as old as my father.

We were riding an asymptote, he and I, and soon I'll be as old as my father.

When I die, I'll finally be older than him, because I = 1/Fa(n).

But death just doesn't add up, does it? It didn't when he died; it won't when I die, too. To somebody.