a small naked boy - holding a hose <br />blond hair smooth <br />mine was always fizzy <br /> <br />a curly-headed girl running, <br />running, face white as linen <br />'Mummy, David's stuck in the drain! ' <br /> <br />mucking around - down the river <br />on Christmas holidays in the boat <br />pinching apples from Wagner's orchard <br /> <br />always too slow - running away <br />from mum, armed with a gumboot <br />God, she could be fierce! <br /> <br />dangerous folly - towing me in the A30 <br />on your Harley Davidson <br />with only two meters of rope <br /> <br />so creative, lighting my shows <br />sliding the dimmers, never fazed <br />when things went wrong - ever <br /> <br />teasing me - first dinner with Roddy <br />my creme caramel like <br />'pieces of broken tile' <br /> <br />Christmases at Manningtree Road <br />where all the crockery matched <br />and the grand piano needed tuning <br /> <br />passionate dog lover <br />thumping Nicholas <br />tenderly when he was very old <br /> <br />the spare bed you made up <br />for Jerry and me to share <br />when I left Bellbird Lane <br /> <br />sitting beside my hospital bed <br />when I had pneumonia <br />holding my hand - every day <br /> <br />my dear and only brother <br />sensuous and compassionate <br />lover of beauty, I offer you <br />these lines with sisterly affection<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/snapshots-of-my-brother/
