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Memories of my Brother XIII
Somewhere along the line
Our reflections got broken
Piece by piece
Into slices
That floated on the water like sunshine
And we paddled deep, deeper
As though we'd find something more than minnows
To nibble our toes
And you were screaming
Like the absent tide could drag
Your tongue back and down your oesophagus
Because
For some reason
You were always younger than me
When it came to water
And I never believed in drowning
In the shards
That were cutting me open
At the hip
So I slipped my way beneath the surface
Hoping the river would let me join its masquerade
Part of it
And your voice broke on the crests
That licked your thighs
And sometimes I think that
That fragme
ntation
was whe
n it al
l bega
n to un
ravel
and so i
told y
ou tha
t only i
was al
lowed
to dri
nk the ri
ver wit
h my fi
ngertips
and you h
ad to ju
st watc
h me whi
le the m
irror shatt
ered be
neath t
he blad
es of
my f
eet
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