Saturday, December 8, 2007

The night you lit my hair on fire



The night you lit my hair on fire

we fell asleep side by side,

three in a bed, holding hands.


Already wearing pajamas beneath our clothes,

we were soldiers in winter

shoulder to shoulder. Sister and brothers.


We went to bed, fell asleep, woke up,

our feet tangled. We got dressed, cross at consciousness,

angry at the dawn that would carry us apart.




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