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What’s that in the sky, Dad?
asked my son
You know my son?
my number one
Son, that’s a plane, I told him plain
yet so often explained, he would ask me again

Beginning to dawn - something not right
My son who'd given me such delight
My boy I’d nursed through dark of night
Confined to a world of fear, of fright.

His lists and rituals - I never knew,
Yet here were the pointers, here were the clues
A code understood then by so very few,
To what set him apart
From me... from you.
 
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This is beautiful. The title seems to give your son this wonderful, powerful Roman caesar name - strength given to help him through his troubles, and yet holding him on high. Great rhythm, and the shift at the end - poignant.
 

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