Their Competence

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Strangely Shaped by Fathers

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There are no drugs in this story 
No broken bones or any straying hands 
We never went to bed hungry 
And the wolves were always kept far from our door 
I didn't grow up on the streets 
The car it always started 
Rooms were always warm 
The only fights were ever on Nintendo 
We never doubted we were loved 
What we doubted was their competence 
In the one job that they didn't put first 
If they couldn't show each other 
What the f*ck could they show us? 

A Sunday morning 
A ringing phone 
Stranger informs me 
That dad ain't coming home 
Rebelling body 
Shaking hands and feet 
Numbly I listen; 
Ask them to repeat 

Once again your dad is not around 
Because their marriage finally unwound 
And in the rubble of your parents 
You try to smile through bleeding open wounds 
But you're just another kid 
Fending for yourself 
Fucked up but far from fucked 
There were worse childhoods than mine 
But mine was all I had 

And what we doubted was their competence 
In the one job they didn't put first 
If they couldn't show each other 
What the f*ck could they show us? 

Three years pass by now 
A phone it rings again 
My best friend's wedding day
The day I am orphaned 
Rebelling body 
Shaking hands and feet 
Numbly I listen
Ask them to repeat 

Ten years after leaving 86 
Teacher training in a freezing hall 
They taught us how to spot the tell-tale signs 
When you outsource care it's not called neglect 
Except in legislation 
Passed too late to safeguard me 
When no-one's around 
Cuz they're both fucking around 
It turns out the victim is you

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