From Father To Son

From father to son we carry it on

Fanatical about sport and drink

From father to son we carry it on

Dangerous to feel or to think

From father to son we carry it on

This ability to live with self-loathing

From father to son we carry it on

This lack of capacity for loving

From father to son we carry it on

Chasing death with a greyhound’s speed

From father to son we carry it on

Emptiness, acquisitiveness and greed

From father to son we carry it on

This fatal aptitude for war

From father to son we carry it on

Woman is either mother or whore

From father to son we carry it on

The void at the centre of our being

From father to son we carry it on

Fucking and fighting without seeing

From father to son we carry it on

White-anting the next generation

From father to son we carry it on

Denigrating their aspirations

From father to son we carry it on

This fear, this hate, this dread

From father to son we carry it on

Long after either is dead

© shaun patrick green 2015