Posts by brookslindberg

Own

By on Jan 13, 2019 in Poetry | Comments Off

Listen to your brother who Fucks, harms, and doesn’t care. Listen to the name he calls you In another room. Listen to the Silence after.                            Listen. Now watch. Watch as he struts down the stairs. Watch his pocketed hand as he Ruffles your hair. Watch him look Away as he asks you, “You yours?” Watch your feet as he asks you, “You’re whose?” Watch him turn. Watch as his breathing changes When mother enters the room. Watch As he pushes the door shut behind Him. Watch your mother chase...

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