Day 720

The child is sent on an errand
by his father
and when he comes back,
having accomplished the errand,
his father is dead.  Exploded.
Torn to pieces.
The boy holds the phone charger
in his hand.  Its black wire
reaches the ground — that’s
how small the boy is.
An errand that took less
than five minutes.  Now
his father will never
charge his phone.
Now the phone
will always be dead.
Now his father
will be dead
for the rest
of the boy’s life.