A THOUSAND DEATHS

     "A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants."--Arthur Schopenhauer

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     There is great sadness in this family narrative when the son speaks ill of his Papa, his biological father. The sentence of a few well-placed words is read again and again but does not change; there is no other meaning except what is says pointblank, heartlessly. The blogger-reader, who is also a father, bleeds and dies a thousand deaths.