• Dear mother if you’re reading
    I just want you to know
    That I never wanted you to leave
    I never wanted you to go

    But Mother, to be honest,
    There’s something that you lack
    Your paranoia and your romance
    Is why I don’t want you back

    Why did you leave me home alone
    When I was too small to read
    And why were you never there
    To kiss me when I would bleed

    I still have not forgotten
    That man you ran off with
    Was he the third one that year?
    The fourth? Maybe the fifth?

    I am still upset with you
    That’s why I never call
    You can accuse my father all you want
    But on you the blame will fall