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THE ALDEN (AND THOMAS FREDERICK)
I hand you my power;
If I grow you grow.
Your childishness is the ground where you can take part in the
power.
Your inquisitiveness is magnificent.
There is need for a further growing tie with heaven and earth.
I have given you the space,
The very blue sky;
The clouds and the suns and the moons are yours.
But you are confused,
You like more toys:
Should they be made of gold, or plastic?
Should they come from New Jersey, or from the collections of the
British court?
Could you use your responsibility as a golden joke, or a vajra
scepter?
It is very heavy,
But I think you can hold it.
Canoeing is not for you,
Maybe parachuting.
Embroidering is not for you,
Maybe executing.
You, my son,
Take your Swiss Army knife--
Make a samurai sword out of it.
22 March 1976
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