…dark and cloudy
surrounded
by rills
at his in-laws’
sleeping
in something—
a cross
between a car and a house
moving
driving
thinking of a teenage woman
with straight red hair
surrounded
by rills
at his in-laws’
sleeping
in something—
a cross
between a car and a house
moving
driving
thinking of a teenage woman
with straight red hair
blue eyes
for whom
he is responsible...
...He takes her
to his old neighbor’s house
on the cul-de-sac where he was raised
where he leaves her
with a note
asking the red-haired family
to take care of her
and he thinks
this is all very reasonable
Later
Hours? Years?
he comes back to find
they have accepted her as their own
She has a sister now
curly red hair
and eyes the same color blue
fifteen
He feels the love and care of a parent
for one sister He feels need
and desire
for whom
he is responsible...
...He takes her
to his old neighbor’s house
on the cul-de-sac where he was raised
where he leaves her
with a note
asking the red-haired family
to take care of her
and he thinks
this is all very reasonable
Later
Hours? Years?
he comes back to find
they have accepted her as their own
She has a sister now
curly red hair
and eyes the same color blue
fifteen
He feels the love and care of a parent
for one sister He feels need
and desire
for the other
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