When a good or a bad trait is absent say

it skips a generation ;

 

ache or blurt or blear: a symptom,

the body confirming our suspicions;

 

of reluctance say

she can't pull the trigger ;

 

diagnosis: she has a tendency to disappear

suddenly and without warning;

 

split into two parts: half and half

or, scolding: now, that's enough;

 

a panting truth coming to the shimmering,

the rippled surface from any depth is our past;

 

enduring long periods of uncertainty,

anyone might become a scavenger.