Grateful Dead

On Dad’s Head

By: Charles Giuliano - Aug 27, 2016

Grateful Dead

Packed away
Box opened
Light of day
Two heads
Real ones
Dad’s now ancient
Med school
Surgeon studying
Anatomy
Fascinated me
Growing up
Taking lid off
Looking inside
Moving jaw
Up and down
When young
Intern at MFA
Egyptian Department
Basement with mummies
Bought a
Tibetan skull bowl
Used for drinking blood
Reminders of mortality
Odd artifacts
Memento mori
Grim reapers