Suddenly, he paused and glared at his plate. There was a silence. He was reaching for my poem. I lowered my head and stared down into my plate.

　　“What is this?” I heard him say.

　　“Ben, a wonderful thing has happened,” my mother said. “Buddy has written his first poem. And it’s beautiful, absolutely amaz-”

　　      “If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide that for myself,” Father said.

　　I kept my face lowered to my plate. It was only 10 lines long. But it seemed to take hours. I remember wondering why it was taking so long. I could hear him dropping the poem back on the table again. Now was the moment of decision.  

　　“I think it’s bad,” my father said.

　　I couldn’t look up. My eyes were getting wet.

　　“Ben, sometimes I don’t understand you,” my mother was saying. “This is just a little boy. You’re not in your studio now. These are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written. He need encouragement.”

　　“I don’t know why,” my father held his ground. “Isn’t there enough bad poetry in the world already? No law says Buddy has to become a poet.”

　　I couldn’t stand it another second. I ran from the dining room, threw myself on the bed and cried.

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