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Levi

May 5, 2009
By Alison Tims BRONZE, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Alison Tims BRONZE, Fayetteville, Arkansas
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This is my brother
We are at the park
The sun is shining
The sky is blue
A faint breeze
Blows his blonde hair
Long and neglected
In the warm months of summer
He is not smiling
His father,
Accountant for 16 years,
Has died
Fatally struck by a drunk driver
In a blue pickup truck
His mother,
Once cheery and loving,
Has receeded into herself
Becoming a permanent fixture
Of the bed in her room
But still he is happy
Because I am there

The author's comments:
This piece is meant to be something of a "picture poem" inspiration being a picture of my little brother, Levi, sitting in a castle playground at a nearby park.

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