Dear Dad
The result of an affair was I. That meant without you, years went by. Yes you were there for me. But not like a proper father or daddy. Your wife blamed me for 39 years.
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Today has been a day of mixed emotions. It's only a few days until my wife's last chemo but that is hardly cause for celebration.
Asian Hair
Every morning I sweep
and Hoover a full head
stuck in the drum. Yet unnerving as seems
the mirror still gleams with more than most.
Colonaculum
When colon cancer came
They talked it over. Stoic and humoured. He drew on her bald head. She lined him up
With future dates. They planned and prepared. She chose to live
But died anyway.
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You were my gift until
Death bought a vicious kiss.