It was one of those confessional haibun that some editors would not consider because, according to them, it was too dark and they didn’t want readers to “go there.”
But it got “there” anyway.
Buddhists say we pick our parents. It’s hard to unpick them once we claim them as ours.
Editors are strange creatures. Fortunately they come in many forms and we are able, a bit like Buddhists, to select the ones we send to. 🙂