Dan Wyke
Last Man
My father is uncomfortable with me sitting
so close to him on the sofa.
He makes a noise with his mouth
as though trying to detect a taste;
breathes out heavily through his nose;
crosses and uncrosses restless feet.
The film on the box is Scott of the Antarctic.
We know already how it ends.
You stupid old sod, I want to say,
thinking ahead to our final scene
when lying still in bed, breathing faintly,
he complains that he is feeling cold
and there is only this flame of affection
in the pit of my stomach to warm him.
so close to him on the sofa.
He makes a noise with his mouth
as though trying to detect a taste;
breathes out heavily through his nose;
crosses and uncrosses restless feet.
The film on the box is Scott of the Antarctic.
We know already how it ends.
You stupid old sod, I want to say,
thinking ahead to our final scene
when lying still in bed, breathing faintly,
he complains that he is feeling cold
and there is only this flame of affection
in the pit of my stomach to warm him.
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