Unfather Hay(na)ku

Unfather who he

is or

was 

 

then 

refashion to

your exact specifications

what you would

have wanted

from

him

let's say

the shoulder of

some offhand hero

a kind

man

or 

some other 

not yet gender

you need right

now and 

then

depending

on upended

notion of fatherhood

a faraway hooded

figure eight

miles

from 

presence nothing

resembling other fathers

all falling short

of what

you

believed

essential for

taking another step