I have noticed that Father's Day has become a holiday that is right up there with Christmas and Easter. You know, a holiday that was conceived to celebrate a Christian event or moral standard, and was then perverted by the almighty dollar. Well, Christmas has it's Santa Claus, and Easter has the Easter bunny. So I guess, in some parts of our society Father's day also has is mythical character...the father. "Twas' the night before Father' Day and all through the hood, Not a gangsta was sleeping, just hittin' the hooch. Children were laughing, throwing rocks and settin' fires. In hope that they daddy would be paroled just in time..." I see little Crips and Bloods waiting outside in the bushes with their 9's. "Yo, dis year I gonna see my daddy...I'm gonna wing him in the leg so he have to stay at the house with my momma.." "shit yo, you know ain't nobody seen yo daddy since he left the last Father's Day present with yo momma....you!"
I know this problem has been around for ages, but I think we would agree that it is a bit out of control... I observed one child buying 4 presents for 4 men that he was quite sure one of them was his daddy. I guess he was prepared, and the merchants don't mind that kind of buying either. Anyway....Happy Belated Father's Day!
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