His Dad Said Cancer. And Then I

A drawn naughtless silence, and then I

shout,

bark an empty,

gruff out baffle.

The immediate slash, and then I

the gap, the reply, the thunder and resonance, and then I

the empty sky, the crushed void, crashing together

the uncoiled silence behind all

the chatter of rustle

and steps.

Enlightened, and then I