And he took his father to the flame and his father said I am not a goat And the boy said no you are not a goat And the father said where are the goats And the boy said you are a goat today or you will be a goat The father thought about hybrid beasts and said nothing He looked with love at the strange child he created He thought about how hard it had been to keep the boy alive And when the boy led him down the death path he kept thinking I should be in charge But I am tired and I can't do anything to gain control I am crinkled, worn-out, sick of seeing Things get destroyed in my name Do I mind that I might be turned into someone else's burden' Also, I admire my son's determination Someone, the voice of X, told him to take me to the flame Someone serious, a credible character, Told him to take me to the flame It would have been perfectly reasonable to resist To say look, son, this is not the kind of thing you should do to your father But I was tired and the child was persistent and I...
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