not broken, just blank

I left it blank today.
The line asking for the father's name and information on the medical form. Such impersonal and factual pieces of their person anyway.
Sometimes I write 'n/a' . Or draw a slash through the blank. Or just write 'none'. That feels a little harsh though. A little bitter. How bitter can a med form be? Sometimes I feel the need to give them a little bit more of an explanation. Then I write, 'out of state.'

It doesn't matter. Each communicates the situation.
Each leaves the little woman typing my stats into a spread sheet knowing I am the result of a broken family.
Broken?
Thats a little harsh too.
A little unnecessary.

Its always weird when you casually notice a part of your life that has always been normal and so simple, is irregular and oddly sad in the view of others. Broken in the view of others.

Not everyone has looked at that space in the med form and contemplated which negate to use. I find that odd. And for now, I like leaving it blank.
The blank is good. Its clean and clear. He's not present yet the circumstances are fuzzy. Its mysterious; expressing nonchalance and apathy.
I like it.
Blank.