Member-only storyLIT UPMy FatherA poemBen Human·FollowPublished inLit Up·2 min read·Apr 17, 2024--22SharePhoto by Ante Hamersmit on UnsplashAt the age of forty-five, when I was 12, my father went into fatal cardiac arrest 2,000 kilometres up-country in a remotenorthern part of the Republic.