Does this identify the object?

An Elegy

Every year your passing, your death, 
sharpens itself in my mirror.  You peek.  
You pop.  You poke your head out of 

the grave, out of the depths where you 
were dumped decades ago.  You crave 
attention . . . still.  You interrupt conver-

sation to draw attention.  At mealtime, 
demands are dropped faster than 
temperature in a cubicle.  Every hour 

you’re pushing for resurrection.  Every 
day, old man, ol’ crusting wine skin, a living 
memory, a zombie behaving as my shadow.

–Todd Sukany 26 Apr 2023

I'm thinking it's a parent, a father figure. I thought that yesterday too...

Good poem, but I paused twice to study it....: 

I paused at cubicle.  It's a cold word, but I think I'd just say: faster than a cold snap.

Last stanza: It seems obvious that this is a memory, so you might consider "a living ghost" or an oddball ghost", whichever you are trying to emphasize.  Zombie is some kind of scary and walking monster to me.
A weird thing.  Is that what you're going for?  Todd, I know almost nothing about zombies.    I'm probably not a very good judge of this stanza.  

However: I did play with it,  hoping I'm not changing the meaning you intended...

                               ...Every day, old man, 
ol' crusting wine skin, you live on////or you are a living ghost,
the twisted-mister who shadows my days.

Pat

I am still not there.  Your comments are directive.  I will try again.

Blessings

Todd

I understand.

My Elegy 

Every year your passing, your death, 
sharpens itself in my mirror.  You peek.  
You pop.  You poke your head out of 

the grave, out of the depths where you 
were dumped decades ago.  You crave 
attention . . . still.  You interrupt conver-

sation to draw attention.  At mealtime, 
your demands, o self, are dropped faster  
than temperature in a cubicle.  Every hour 

you’re pushing for resurrection.  Every 
day, old man, ol’ crusting wine skin, o living 
memory, ol' zombie behaving as my shadow.

–Todd Sukany 26 Apr 2023

Now, I read it as your earlier self.... there but not necessarily acted on. 
Actually it could be read on two levels, maybe more!  As a spiritual poem and as a younger self. 

It has a sweetness now. The clue for me (if I am right) was "crave attention...still"  then, "o self".  Nicely done. And the title.

The old self still craves attention (notice).  Are you aware you used attention twice?
I like the line with attention and conversation.

Love the word resurrection here.  If I had doubts, they are now gone. You are the new wine skin.  (Is that one word or two?) Yes, o living memory works beautifully.

I'm wondering about what you'd think of an m-dash between resurrection and every day, old man, ... 

The only other thought I had was to maybe eliminate in the last line:  "behaving as my " to read "memory, ol' zombie shadow." (Now, I am thinking of zombie as dead man walking.)

Fine.  I like all of the particular changes. I am just being picky picky here. And the new title is a firm YES!