his father had <br />long died 20 years ago <br /> <br />and at his age now <br />when he coughs <br />at night <br />unable to sleep he <br />hears the very <br />kind of cough <br />that his father once <br />had <br /> <br />pain sometimes <br />has <br />twin sounds despite <br />the passage of <br />the years <br /> <br />despite the urge <br />to simply forget <br />and let things <br /> <br />like ships take their due <br />course and <br />sink<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/his-father-had/
