Delirious man

Frantic to eat raw beauty

Cries for a petal

Not responsible

For your items left behind

Those, unattended

When I get the flu

It's worse than when you do

But I'm also very sure

That when you get a case

It's worse than when I do too

And today I was surprised

To learn that I am a man

To look down at my fingers

And see my father's hands