Wonderland or Not

thank you dear dad
for being around
kee­ping your dis­tance
while kee­ping me groun­ded
for teaching me I was
as good as sweet Josh
for two weeks back­pac­king
in Gla­cier Natio­nal Park
for han­ging shy of par­si­mo­nious
for kee­ping me nou­rished
my surroun­dings har­mo­nious
I thank you for never
giving me a doll
and for never exhor­ting
a Purity Ball

a com­ments off father’s day pro­duc­tion
Happy Fathers Day
peace

I have a lovely father. A man who came half­way around the world to be with his chil­dren this wee­kend, because his chil­dren couldn’t go half­way around the world to visit him, and they com­plai­ned about it.
Loudly.
He sat patiently through an inte­rro­ga­tion about his health, his eating habits and his exer­cise regime. He lis­te­ned as …