Every Man

Santa Claus and Satan
King, God, and Death
A crooked back,
Hair bleached by time
Softens my heart
A limping leg,
A face lined by the sun
Breaks my heart
The first man I loved
The first man I watched die
The only man who gave me life
Is every man.

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