Where do I send white blood cells out to fight?
Here, to see the kitchen light
Catch my brother's mild eye
And tell me how your day was
Your baseball hat and beard

Where do I walk the old man off the plank,
Right into the roiling sea?
Here,
Where sycamore leaves turn gold
And trace considerations
How I could have loved her better.

Where does the universe whirl on, despite the strange deep stare of the abyss?
Here,
Where Mom and Dad are asleep upstairs,
You will always be here
With the autumn town waiting to receive you on your bike,
You adopted man,
You veritable sinner headed straight to hell,
Glance here under your crushing weight,
Before you die,
And you're forced to forget it all
And please remember that I love you
So much

And yes, I do
I have
A child.