illustration: TORTURE from The Saint Series

THE LEGACY You threw me from your arms like some momentous weight You made me run with my hands held high over my head and embellished my flesh with iron skinned snakes You made me afraid of flying telling me I'd fall and break and bleed Your venom filled my eyes until I could no longer cry And after you died I began to realize I'm just another man like you who learned to tie my own son's shoes with a ball and chain borrowed from my father's youth.