An inhospitable truth I have

An inhospitable truth I have

   To carry throughout my life

That must stay buried in my heart -

   What a terrible truth!

It dances on my tongue

   When I feel somebody knows.

On the scale of history - it nags;

   On a bone - it gnaws.

It’s the shadow that follows

   My genetic path incurably.

It will follow me into death

   And be the Ghost beside me.