I have grave doubts that obama wrote that poem ‘Pop’
I believe he did write it. He wanted to express his gayness subtly in poetry form. His friends say he was pretty open in his neighborhood circle with his homosexuality, even turning tricks for $. At the same time, there were many closeted gay artists who loved hinting subtly at their gayness back then. I believe he didn’t see what happened with Frank as abuse; he thought it was cool.
That poem was written from the perspective of a young boy. If it was written by zero, he was a victim and how he may have reflected this abuse in later behaviour and attitude is a sad result of something he would not have been able to defend himself against as a child. I prefer to see that as a tragedy, for which he would not be responsible.
All the same, I still doubt it came from his pen. It only resonates that way with people who still hold to the theory that Frank was his father, and that’s why the poem has the title ‘Pop’
The question needs to remain open imo. I just hope that if he did write it, ‘Pop’ wasn’t ‘gramps’ because that would indeed be horrible.