Aftershock

...the telephone rang

my sister calling

i'll go on

fighting

his ghost

don't you know dad

the kid that hates

is

the kid that loves

the most

dad is dead?

when did it happen?

six a.m.

said she

new york time

or california?

did he

ask

for me?



what did you say?

never mind

he died in his sleep



god is kind.