Lack of Forgiveness in Lucille Cliftons poem Forgiving My Father

The title of Lucille Cliftons poem, forgiving my father, seems to be in sharp opposition with the poem itself. There seems to be no forgiveness, yet the title claims that it is there. The spotless poem focuses on the debt of the authors father. it is Friday. she says, we have come to the paying of the bills. (1-2). But possibly it doesnt necessarily mean that it is literally Friday, perhaps she just means it is the end, and maybe the debt isnt one of money, but of love. Clifton is using a monetary debt to symbolize a debt of love and affection. She uses this symbolism to show that by the end of the poem, she has forgiven her father, but it is non forgiveness as we would normally think of it. The poem begins by public lecture ab let on how it is payday, but the father, as a ghost, is asking for more duration to pay. How can a ghost pay anything? Even if he could accomplish the extension, he would never be able to pay anything because he is dead. So why does she say it is payd ay? Perhaps the answer lies in lines 7 and 8 when she says, my mothers hand opens in her early grave and I hold it out ...