I always thought I was adopted
and for a long time felt
there was a silent conspiracy
to keep the real truth from me.
Then I saw the snapshot.
I was in my teens
and I was wearing
an Air force Dress uniform.
I couldn't remember
this yellowed and bent
photograph
taken at an
unrecognizable angle
and venue.
Was it in a school play?
Was it a costume party?
Upon closer inspection
it was my father taken
when he was serving
in 1955.
That monstrous nose,
wide forehead
friendly smile,
genetics don't lie,
Mystery solved.
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