addie, darlin',
come close
and let your old man
pass on a bit of wisdom
before he passes on.

addie, i'll tell ya,
one day
(hopefully later rather than sooner)
you'll be a woman.
not a woman
like you see on t.v.,
but a
wo
man.

and addie,
it's damned hard for a lady
to live in a man's world
('course, bein' a man myself,
i ain't exactly speakin' from experience).
but let me tell you somethin'--
you don't ever let no man
step on you,
abuse you,
use you.

you be strong,
you be a
wo
man,
and life will pave roads for you.
life will--
it'll--
it'll be your little doll.

ah, hell.
addie,
go and fetch your daddy
a handkerchief.

he's got a tear in his eye.

04/24/2011

Posted on 05/01/2011
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