CarrollBlog 3.1

To My Son's Girlfriend

by Michael Milburn

I'm tempted to ask

what you see in him.

Although you probably

see the good that I see

I wonder if you realize

how much he is my handiwork,

or which of the qualities

you daydream about in class

are the ones that I take pride in,

his cordiality, for example,

or love of silliness.

It's uncomfortable for me

to think of anyone else

loving him the way I do,

possessing him in a way

that only his mother and I

have ever possessed him,

and I c...