Father's Day ~ Sunday, June 21, 2026

Hey Dad,

Were you not so bad, you would have been good
even dead wood reads better off the shelf
rest assured, you mindless elf than the wealth
ending in indifference, found in our hood

you weren't so bad for my brother that is
of course, I couldn't care less for myself
understanding ignorance, for my health

not just mental but physical as well
only if this life were not hell, a quiz
to fail every year, Father's Day, the dead

sleep in caskets or tin boxes or urns
obviously, I was bad, the less said

better speak well or not at all, what burns
against the grain, no matter whom I tell
damned if I do, so it doesn't matter

you wouldn't know how bad this life is now
only with all the abuse, I turned out
understandably good, a mad hatter

worthless as fuck, mind in a rage, but great
only God is greater than a brown cow
understandably so, please, do not doubt
liars are full of blasphemy, forgive
deniers their consumption to debate

honestly, the effects of alcohol
alcoholism and children at home
views differ, I get that, who has the gall
exacerbated wherever I roam

best to shut up and say no more, I give
even to scream 'uncle' makes no difference
even if I were born sweet as can be
nothing ever made much sense, to be good

good as Jesus on the cross, what makes sense
of course, is not the past, what cannot be
ordinary people love, as they should
despite all your efforts, I am dead wood