Inheriting Your Father’s Toe Nails

John Sandbach
The Haven
Published in
Dec 1, 2022

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Your horror Son, will one day be your legacy

Photo by Alicia Christin Gerald on Unsplash

Someday, Son

You will have your father’s toe nails

All split and yellowed

With clipped pinkie toe shells

And one day, Son

You will have your father’s ear hairs

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John Sandbach
The Haven

John Sandbach is a humor writer and poetry bard from Maui, Hawaii. The Haven, Slackjaw, PIC, Functionally Dead, Little Old Lady C, Greener Pastures and more.