J.J.K. (Father’s Day 2014)

J.J.K.

A man, a myth-maker, a mystery
a mystic, merciful and merciless
meticulous, middle class, muddler
a clotheshorse, a clown, a choir boy
a crier, a connoisseur, a cook
a hot-tempered, handsome, Hungarian
a healer, a hard worker, hopeful and hopeless
sentimental, sacrificing, a serviceman
sarcastic, scathing, a Santa Claus
a carpenter, a crooner, a Catholic
inventive, insightful, insufferable
a dancer, a drinker, devout and destructive
a patriot, a perfectionist, a preacher
fiery, flamboyant, flawed
forever forming who I am
My father—J.J.K.