his new right hand
has an extra
thumb
to date, it’s been found
twice
in the dryer
he is loved by father
but cannot
stay over
father is a reasonable man
full of possible
fishing trips, stories
of pregnancy, napkins
written on
by god
father met the boy
in a common way, through suicide’s
mistress
a woman
said to have forgotten
what it was like
to die
doing
what it was
my mother
loved