#2,358 Inheritor

You refuse to recall when your
father last picked you up & put
you down –
you have relegated
his life to snipes & to dismissal
[he’s replaced by ageing lovers
& suckings
in disguise –
always
someone else to pull at] –
As he
is shovelled off you’ll not wait
for any last kiss –
he was put in
an unmarked grave years ago
by your souring & unkindness
[& spitting-of-words reaction]