Enraptured listener

is a role few parents,
or, indeed, *any* people at all
know how to fill.

It is an essential part
necessary to the nurturance
and sustenance
of the nascent
ego.

Without which
the formation will be
stunted? or perhaps
twisted?
or otherwise
‘untrue’, as in
not straight,
deviating from it’s
‘natural’? course.