he is of another time
a time when you replaced the dead family dog
after burying the original
buried him along with all emotion and memories
and maybe a toy, if no one's watching
he is of a time when you could cry for a lifetime
but only on the inside
he tried to hide tears and pride
and he did
only to have it pop out of the grave in the next generation
he cannot name emotion
feeling is something men do with hands in engines to solve problems
he is too busy forcing emotions down his esophagus
that he doesn't distinguish them
so naming is impossible
he just knows he buried the only being that understood him
the only being he was permitted to hug
and talk silly to and play with
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