My ex-father-in-law, my children’s other grandfather, has died. More accurately, the person, the man, the father, and grandfather we knew and loved, departed some time ago, and the shell he…
Twoku: Now just half the shell / it used to be emptied of / the life that left it. Threeku: Half the shell / that fell after it / released…
Twoku: Life’s promise / broken by death / deceiver. Threeku: Death by addiction / life full of promise, emptied / the promise broken. Fourku: Promise maker Birth / fills up…
Twoku: Blurred man / is seen inside the / empty man.
Twoku: A name not taken / empty space in the roster / person non grata.
Twoku (3-5-3): A blank page / intentionally / empty space.
Not a Russ Murray or “Haikumages” photograph; actually a painting by my mother Elizabeth, which hangs in my brother’s home…
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