Bad Seed

BAD SEED

“Genealogy in 
Faulkner is narrative”
—James Watson,
William Faulkner:
Self-Presentation
and Performance
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It wasn’t just that—
I had a bad attitude
problem dontchaknow

It was deeper—
and more insidious
than just bad attitude
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It was genetic—
right down to my bad
no good Family Tree

Just take a look—
at Miss Faulkner’s
Going Down on Moses