Brother mine <br />only one of us <br />raped the other one of us <br /> <br />though <br />neither <br />represented it <br />as a crime <br />at the time. <br /> <br />If you give me <br />a birthday gift <br />this year <br />make it <br />your first visit <br />to a shrink <br /> <br />because <br />I've thought <br />about <br />our shame <br />until <br />I can <br />no longer <br />bear <br />to think. <br /> <br />I've done <br />all the <br />heavy lifting <br />for 40 years, <br />and <br />I'm <br />flat out <br />spent. <br /> <br />A larger man <br />than I <br />would forgive you <br />and forgive himself <br />as well. <br /> <br />But <br />every time I try <br />I find <br />you <br />devising <br />some <br />fresh <br />torment <br /> <br />and pointing <br />smugly <br />when I squawk. <br /> <br />You <br />are <br />my <br />only <br />brother. <br /> <br />But to embrace you <br />is to love <br />my assassin. <br /> <br />These days <br />when Cain kills Abel <br />he leaves him alive <br />so he can keep on <br />killing him <br />time after time. <br /> <br />Now THAT's <br />the <br />perfect crime <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(3/5/03)<br /><br />Percy Dovetonsils<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/provocateur/
