Patrizate (intransitive verb)
Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer
-ed/-ing/-s
Definition of patrizate
obsolete
: to imitate one’s father or forebears (Merriam-Webster)
: I grew up in my father’s bile duct
: my inheritance strong, two-fingered
: mixed with milk, ice; I was whiskey-licked
: clean by the hard animal of my name
: the animal of my mother and her mother,
: her grandmother throwing their clotted hands
: up to the crucifixion, the clean curve of my middle name
: I grew up against naming, have too many
: to count or cut the deck with so
: I am what my father has called me
: the litany of girlhood stringing pearls
: the glottal stop shuttering his throat
: against the ugly English,
: like a good daughter, I reach
: for the gin like it is his praise
: I wrap my tongue around it
: like a good daughter, I drink
: to ignore him dying
: down the hall.
