legacy
among all the other
asymmetrical structures
in my body
why not the skull too
i wondered
feeling my surfacing pate
through the thinning hair
for i encounter
running my fingers
browwards in a left and right sweep
a transverse furrow
on the right-hand side
is this my legacy from birth
from pa and ma –
a hallmark of both their houses?
or maybe the legacy from birth
as i was squeezed out
into this weird world?
or maybe the garage door
ma inadvertently slammed down
onto my skull
before we drove off to see pa
in his coffin –
a final addition?
i feel it warily:
it may prove
the dent is a deathmark
sealed and delivered
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