jewelry
lizardqueen
It's
beautiful
and
sickening
at
the
same
time
.."Come
here
boy
...let
daddy
tie
your
shoes
before
you
trip
."
I
hear
complaints
all
the
time
from
people
who
say
their
fathers
are
too
strict
.
I
crave
that
strictness.
Once
when
I
was
about
four
I
remember
getting
lost
in
a
department
store
.
A
nice
,
handsome
man
asked
me
why
I
was
crying
.
When
I
told
him
I
couldn't
find
my
mother
,
he
picked
me
up
in
his
big
firm
arms
and
asked
me
if
i
could
see
her
from
that
height
.
I
looked
down
into
his
careful
and
gentle
eyes
.
I
had
seen
her
plain
as
day
by
the
Jewelry
case
,
unaware
of
my
absence
. "
No
I
cant
see
her
",
I
had
lied
.
I
thought
maybe
wed
spend
the
day
together
,
after
all
why
waste
time
looking
for
my
mother
when
we
had
eachother
.
I
clung
to
his
arm
,
he
was
asking
me
questions
...i
think
he
asked
what
my
moms
name
was
and
my
age
...but
i
was
too
busy
pretending
he
was
my
dad
.
I
was
proud
to
walk
through
the
store
with
him
as
i
grasped
around
his
forearm
...my
tears
had
turned
to
a
grin
.
Only
until
he
approached
a
stroller
and
a
woman
with
long
red
hair
.
I
remember
him
calling
her
honey
.
He
explained
that
I
had
gotten
lost
while
he
caressed
the
hair
of
the
kid
in
the
stroller
.
I
figured
out
it
must
be
his
and
ran
like
hell
to
the
jewelry
case
in
tears
.
I
dont
let
people
pick
me
up
anymore
.
010602
...
TalviFatin
I
run
the
jewelry counter/department
in
K
-mart.
011115
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