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Sean G. Meggeson
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MEMORY of this dad walking behind
his 13-year-old kid in Kensington Market,
who holds a new model car kit, who
looks at it in smiling wonder, enjoying the
the reality that it’s his, and life is good & fair.
Dad reaches out and places his hand on his son’s
shoulder and this kid, still looking at his kit,
says, smiling with gratitude, “Thank you, Dad.”
Dad’s face fills with honest, generous love.
This happened almost 20 years ago and I
remember it like something depends on it,
like the password to my bank account,
like my therapist’s kind voice, or his invoice.
I also remember the kid being too old
for the toy, too shy to have a better body,
hair or skin. The market was full of garbage.
Haven’t been back since.
The real Jaguar XK-E type is a beautiful
two-seater nobody can realistically afford.
About the writer:
SEAN G. MEGGESON lives in Toronto, Canada, where he works as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. He has written and lectured on such topics as Lacan & James Joyce, neurodiversity, and interspecies intersubjectivity. Meggeson’s poems have been published in various online and print journals.
Image: Dynamism of a Car by Luigi Russolo (1855-1947). Oil on canvas. 41.7 x 55.1 inches. 1913. Public domain.
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