day six.

when your father left. 

-

your mother 

shacked up

with a milkman.

but somehow, that

didn't stop you from

growing up with holes

in your bones. 

her cardiologist boyfriend

never did much to mend

your fractured heart. 

the chef

couldn't fill

the hole 

in the pit

of your 

stomach.

the empty spaces

of your father's 

absence,

always void.