Some Short Poems

Hi everyone,
I'm new here so I figured I'd just post a few pieces to see what you thought. Please criticize, comment, etc. etc. Thanks

Pater

I used to think
My father
Wore a watch bigger than the sun

To think
That he'd seen the lot
Where our home had been built
Before the Pacific receded
Or, at least,
Before they'd dug
The knee-high lake
In which I'd thought so often
Of floating

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