Turns out, I'm a monster



When he was 5, he told me to stop trimming the bushes; because he hated the way bushes screamed when I cut them.
  Imagine my shock when Scientists found out recently plants scream when cut.
  When he was 10, he said
    "E=MC²," when you do the Math backwards has a "B" in it. I asked, "What's the B for?" & He said, (matter of factly)"Black Hole. Wherever Stars are born, there's a black hole nearby."
  The Doctor said he was on a "Spectrum" when he was 12. I said,

 "Oh, you mean he'll never hold a job or a woman & he'll be homeless @ 21 in a tent on the sidewalk crawling out of his skin when someone mows their lawn."

   The doctor gave him medication; but he wouldn't take it because, quote:

 "I can't hear the Stars sing in my dreams anymore when I take that garbage."


   So, I'm a "Star Song killer" & I thought I was a fairly good person.
   Turns out I'm a monster
 & this kid is on borrowed time.
      And I do know that makes me Dirt in the Eyes of God; but all I can say now is:

  "Oh dear God, I meant well."
   
  

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Our Eyes lie to us.

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Written on December 28, 2021

Submitted by Censored2Death on December 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAXA X X X XXXX X
Characters 1,042
Words 223
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1

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