Friday, January 4, 2008

Malgorzata, After 39 Years

“My older brother,
You remember him,
Died four years ago.
Very tragic.

Fell under a train,
But I don’t believe
He was drunk,
Though he was a gambler.

When we were young
He wouldn’t take me
To dances with his friends
Because of my eyeglasses.

Without glasses,
I squinted
Nobody wanted to dance
With a girl who squinted.

And being ahead of me
He got Mom’s curly hair,
Useless to a guy,
Leaving me looking like a mouse”.

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