a father relinquishes a small corner of his control, opening up his son to risk, so that he can experience the beauty of the world. Danger and beauty coexist, they are partners in this dance. The father learns that to protect his son too much is to exclude important truths about the world -- that sometimes beauty can assuage loss.
[by Joe Benevento]
Expecting Songbirds
We stopped feeding the birds
from Walter Bargen: The Post-Dispatch: Missouri Poets: Joe Benevento
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