christmas eve
we visit your parents & sister, cry
my way up the hill, hug your dad, recoil -
all of the pictures with me are gone
from that pretty little maple hall table
wonder if they saw me as just
an impotent appendage of you
more likely, you asked them to
take me down because you are -
you are impotent & a fool
to miss christmas with your children
we've gorged on crab and spinach
she's too busy to talk to you &
you passing along an 'i love you'
to her and not to him is really just
another way of saying 'fuck off'
so anyway, merry christmas!