Close to Dad
it’s hard to get close to Dad
in his suit and off to work
buried in the factory
at weekends
Saturday at least
he likes to get into the garden
gardening clothes
old trousers welly boots
the ragged stag and fir tree cardigan
the little milky coffee woolly hat
coming in after dark
winter earth cold opened
hacks across his knuckles
needing New Skin later
mug of tea
Ten O’Clock News
late night cigarette