David Mason: "Fathers and Sons"
Some things, they say,
one should not write about. I tried
to help my father comprehend
the toilet, how one needs
to undo one’s belt, to slide
one’s trousers down and sit,
but he stubbornly stood
and would not bend his knees.
I tried again
to . . .
From: Fiction & Poetry
Monday, 21 September, 2009
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