RUNAWAY

 

Stettheimer's father, Joseph, had five children with Rosetta Walter but deserted his family for Australia."

--Wikipedia entry

It is hard enough 

To lose a husband 

To another 

But losing him 

To a continent -- 

Even a small one --

Is humiliating.

Years later

At a reception,

Australia  apologized

And said Joseph

Had moved on

And was living

With Antarctica.