It's as if you and the father were playing Jean's divination game. Perfect fit for our C&C, my dear friend and co-editor.

Loved the poem. Great discussion of the importance of balancing the unfortunately named masculine and feminine energies (as they get caught up in bullshit gender constructs).

The balancing of these energies is part of my recent essay https://thetaoist.online/hermann-hesse-alan-arkin-and-marcus-meet-in-a-bar-to-discuss-philosophy-with-marcus-7582ce0bad14 when it touches upon Hesse's book Narcissus and Goldmund. The essay by Rebecca Romanelli that I cite, https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/marry-yourself-before-committing-to-another-1505830a7891, which discusses "sacred marriage" that each person should seek within themselves, is very much on point.