You lost me when the food went stale,
and your excuses stuck like watery butter.
I buried you as you remembered to forget,
sniggering venomously over circled dates.
Ten years, and your ghost stands before me,
your image as real as the words we exchange.
Dearest Grandad, you mean nothing to me.
I'm liking this Keekee. The write is simple and effective. No suggestions. 
It is quite hard to get a handle on this, keekee, although individually your lines are interesting and striking as usual. I get the impression there's an alarming back-story to this, but I could be wrong.
Cheers
David
Cheers
David
Hi Keekee,
The pair of contradictory words 'dearest' and 'nothing' in the title drew me into the reading. Though I am not so clear about the context but I feel the relationship between the speaker and Grandad is disagreeable. Thus 'dearest' sounds sarcastic and 'nothing' scornful to me. As David said the lines are interesting and striking.
The pair of contradictory words 'dearest' and 'nothing' in the title drew me into the reading. Though I am not so clear about the context but I feel the relationship between the speaker and Grandad is disagreeable. Thus 'dearest' sounds sarcastic and 'nothing' scornful to me. As David said the lines are interesting and striking.