Congratulations on Symbolically Killing Your Father!

Today you’re going to symbolically kill your father by chopping down a tree, which is essentially a giant woods penis.

“TAKE THAT DAD!” you’ll shout with each swipe of your axe. Sap will ooze out of the tree’s wounds, which will look a little bit like semen, adding to the penis metaphor.

“YEAH!” you’ll scream at the tree as it begins to shift awkwardly and drift towards the ground. You’ll give the tree the middle finger and start to walk away, dreaming, as you often do, of fucking your sister. Then you’ll be crushed as the tree falls on you, symbolizing the enduring and suffocating nature of paternalism, violence’s impact on both the victim and the agent thereof and how important safety is when you’re working as a lumberjack.

Congratulations on Symbolically Killing Your Father!