Death in the Family

Amputated unit
boasting blackest void
like missing teeth in a smile,
ladles dire despair at
a simple Dining-table, where
scattered habits remain _
mocking togetherness, as
the Empty Chair, unoccupied stands,
Stifling life in survivors, left
to pick up the remains of
life,
to exist _
Bereaved.

17th Feb '01 (3.40pm)