Father's Day: A Poem by Jeffrey Harrison | The New Republic

Father’s Day

JulieVMac

My first father-
less Father’s Day came
a little too soon
after the funeral,

plus my wife and kids
were out of town,
depriving me of
my own father-

hood, and rendering
me temporarily
wifeless. When I
called my mother,

she wasn’t home:
Please leave a
message, said
my father’s voice.