Frankie’s doing lengths
brother bother dad
brother bother dad
running through his mind
can’t switch it off
questions crowd around:
Why does Dad not see it?
Why does he come down
so hard on me
and let Paddy be?
But like a dark corner
of the cupboard in Dad’s garage
full of spiders and oily muck
some questions
Frank doesn’t want to touch -
What is it
Dad sees
when he looks
at Frankie?