Jan Sibiga
Nov 6 · 1 min read
Photo taken by Jo Fitsell

Time Exerting

My father is a curled up

possum these days

sleeping mostly

rising to engage occasionally

slipping back into old shoes

asking questions and sometimes

even hearing

periodically trying to exert his power

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Jan Sibiga

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