Portrait Of My Brother

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The first time I met him,

I was two years old.

His head was as bare

As the body of a newborn gerbil.

His eyes were big and brown

And stared back up at me.

I thought I was looking

Into the eyes of a puppy.

His face was as bright

As the sunrise on a May morning

When the morning mist has cleared,

And I can see olive-green leaves on the sleeping trees.

His miniature hands reached out,

Clutching the ends of my chestnut hair,

Yanking each strand.

His small fingers and little toes

Were still pinkish,

Sensitive to the touch of caring hands.

His mouth

Made soft gurgling noises,

And little bubbles

Formed on the edge of his lips.

-Katie Weiss

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